#40A97F#40A97F

#40A97F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A97F
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 127)
HSL	hsl(156, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -40.34, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 42.35, 162.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.1112 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.116 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1311, 30.9962, 24.9965)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A97F #A9406A

analogous

#40A94A #40A97F #409EA9

triadic

#40A97F #7F40A9 #A97F40

tetradic

#40A97F #4A40A9 #A9406A #9EA940

square

#40A97F #4A40A9 #A9406A #9EA940

split-complementary

#40A97F #A9409E #A94A40

monochromatic

#1E503C #2F7D5E #40A97F #62C49D #8FD5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#40A97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A97F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A97F	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3a4',
    500: '#40a97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a97f;
$custom-light: #80c3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A97F

secondary

#C0859D

accent

#5387D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A97F

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

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