#40A987#40A987

#40A987 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.110 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A987
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 20.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -38.47, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 39.45, 167.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.1074 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.11 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6733, 31.2131, 27.8522)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A987 #A94062

analogous

#40A952 #40A987 #4096A9

triadic

#40A987 #8740A9 #A98740

tetradic

#40A987 #5240A9 #A94062 #96A940

square

#40A987 #5240A9 #A94062 #96A940

split-complementary

#40A987 #A94096 #A95240

monochromatic

#1E5040 #2F7D64 #40A987 #62C4A4 #8FD5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#40A987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A987

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A987	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.110 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3aa',
    500: '#40a987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a987;
$custom-light: #80c3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A987

secondary

#C08598

accent

#537DD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A987

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

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