#40A89E#40A89E

#40A89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A89E
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -32.11, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 32.32, 186.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0955 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.096 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2858, 31.5615, 37.2586)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A89E #A8404A

analogous

#40A86A #40A89E #407EA8

triadic

#40A89E #9E40A8 #A89E40

tetradic

#40A89E #6A40A8 #A8404A #7EA840

square

#40A89E #6A40A8 #A8404A #7EA840

split-complementary

#40A89E #A8407E #A86A40

monochromatic

#1E4F4B #2F7C74 #40A89E #62C3BA #8ED4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#40A89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#40A89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A89E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A89E	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)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2ba',
    500: '#40a89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a89e;
$custom-light: #81c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66903,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A89E

secondary

#BF858A

accent

#5360D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A89E

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

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