#40A997#40A997

#40A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A997
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -34.45, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 34.46, 179.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0998 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.1 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8856, 31.6980, 34.2371)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A997 #A94052

analogous

#40A962 #40A997 #4086A9

triadic

#40A997 #9740A9 #A99740

tetradic

#40A997 #6240A9 #A94052 #86A940

square

#40A997 #6240A9 #A94052 #86A940

split-complementary

#40A997 #A94086 #A96240

monochromatic

#1E5048 #2F7D6F #40A997 #62C4B3 #8FD5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#40A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A997

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A997	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3b5',
    500: '#40a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a997;
$custom-light: #81c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6693,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A997

secondary

#C0858F

accent

#5369D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A997

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

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