#40A89D#40A89D

#40A89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A89D
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -32.38, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 32.54, 185.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0959 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.096 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2000, 31.5272, 36.8072)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A89D #A8404B

analogous

#40A869 #40A89D #407FA8

triadic

#40A89D #9D40A8 #A89D40

tetradic

#40A89D #6940A8 #A8404B #7FA840

square

#40A89D #6940A8 #A8404B #7FA840

split-complementary

#40A89D #A8407F #A86940

monochromatic

#1E4F4A #2F7C74 #40A89D #62C3B9 #8ED4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#40A89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#40A89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A89D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A89D	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b9',
    500: '#40a89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a89d;
$custom-light: #81c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A89D

secondary

#BF858B

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A89D

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

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