#40A896#40A896

#40A896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.099 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A896
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -34.25, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 34.25, 179.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0992 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.099 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6195, 31.2950, 33.7494)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A896 #A84052

analogous

#40A862 #40A896 #4086A8

triadic

#40A896 #9640A8 #A89640

tetradic

#40A896 #6240A8 #A84052 #86A840

square

#40A896 #6240A8 #A84052 #86A840

split-complementary

#40A896 #A84086 #A86240

monochromatic

#1E4F47 #2F7C6E #40A896 #62C3B2 #8ED4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#40A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A896

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A896	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.099 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2b4',
    500: '#40a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a896;
$custom-light: #80c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A896

secondary

#BF858F

accent

#536AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A896

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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