#40A899#40A899

#40A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A899
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -33.46, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 33.48, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0978 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.098 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8641, 31.3929, 35.0380)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A899 #A8404F

analogous

#40A865 #40A899 #4083A8

triadic

#40A899 #9940A8 #A89940

tetradic

#40A899 #6540A8 #A8404F #83A840

square

#40A899 #6540A8 #A8404F #83A840

split-complementary

#40A899 #A84083 #A86540

monochromatic

#1E4F48 #2F7C71 #40A899 #62C3B5 #8ED4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#40A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A899

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A899	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b7',
    500: '#40a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a899;
$custom-light: #81c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A899

secondary

#BF858D

accent

#5366D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A899

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

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