#40A89F#40A89F

#40A89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A89F
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 159)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -31.83, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 32.11, 187.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.095 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.096 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3722, 31.5961, 37.7138)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A89F #A84049

analogous

#40A86B #40A89F #407DA8

triadic

#40A89F #9F40A8 #A89F40

tetradic

#40A89F #6B40A8 #A84049 #7DA840

square

#40A89F #6B40A8 #A84049 #7DA840

split-complementary

#40A89F #A8407D #A86B40

monochromatic

#1E4F4B #2F7C75 #40A89F #62C3BB #8ED4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#40A89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#40A89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A89F

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A89F	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2bb',
    500: '#40a89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a89f;
$custom-light: #81c2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.808,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66936,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A89F

secondary

#BF858A

accent

#535ED5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A89F

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

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