#40A97E#40A97E

#40A97E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.117 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A97E
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(155, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -40.56, 13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 42.72, 161.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.1117 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.117 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0663, 30.9702, 24.6550)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A97E #A9406B

analogous

#40A94A #40A97E #409FA9

triadic

#40A97E #7E40A9 #A97E40

tetradic

#40A97E #4A40A9 #A9406B #9FA940

square

#40A97E #4A40A9 #A9406B #9FA940

split-complementary

#40A97E #A9409F #A94A40

monochromatic

#1E503C #2F7D5D #40A97E #62C49C #8FD5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#40A97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A97E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A97E	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.117 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3a3',
    500: '#40a97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a97e;
$custom-light: #80c3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A97E

secondary

#C0859D

accent

#5388D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A97E

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

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