#40A97C#40A97C

#40A97C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.119 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A97C
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 124)
HSL	hsl(154, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 26.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -41.01, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 43.48, 160.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.1126 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.119 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9385, 30.9191, 23.9821)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A97C #A9406D

analogous

#40A948 #40A97C #40A1A9

triadic

#40A97C #7C40A9 #A97C40

tetradic

#40A97C #4840A9 #A9406D #A1A940

square

#40A97C #4840A9 #A9406D #A1A940

split-complementary

#40A97C #A940A1 #A94840

monochromatic

#1E503B #2F7D5B #40A97C #62C49A #8FD5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#40A97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A97C

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A97C	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98937F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.119 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3a2',
    500: '#40a97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a97c;
$custom-light: #80c3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66181,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A97C

secondary

#C0859E

accent

#538BD5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A97C

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

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