#40A989#40A989

#40A989 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A989
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 18.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -37.99, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 38.76, 168.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.1064 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.108 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8155, 31.2699, 28.6008)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A989 #A94060

analogous

#40A954 #40A989 #4094A9

triadic

#40A989 #8940A9 #A98940

tetradic

#40A989 #5440A9 #A94060 #94A940

square

#40A989 #5440A9 #A94060 #94A940

split-complementary

#40A989 #A94094 #A95440

monochromatic

#1E5041 #2F7D65 #40A989 #62C4A6 #8FD5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#40A989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A989

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A989	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3ab',
    500: '#40a989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a989;
$custom-light: #80c3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6652,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A989

secondary

#C08597

accent

#537BD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A989

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

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