#40A98E#40A98E

#40A98E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A98E
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 142)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 16%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -36.76, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 37.11, 172.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.104 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.105 173)
XYZ	xyz(21.1825, 31.4167, 30.5336)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A98E #A9405B

analogous

#40A959 #40A98E #408FA9

triadic

#40A98E #8E40A9 #A98E40

tetradic

#40A98E #5940A9 #A9405B #8FA940

square

#40A98E #5940A9 #A9405B #8FA940

split-complementary

#40A98E #A9408F #A95940

monochromatic

#1E5043 #2F7D69 #40A98E #62C4AB #8FD5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#40A98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#40A98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A98E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A98E	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3af',
    500: '#40a98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a98e;
$custom-light: #80c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66661,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.31419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A98E

secondary

#C08594

accent

#5374D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A98E

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

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