#40A99D#40A99D

#40A99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A99D
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -32.85, -2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 32.97, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.097 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.097 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3854, 31.8979, 36.8689)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A99D #A9404C

analogous

#40A968 #40A99D #4080A9

triadic

#40A99D #9D40A9 #A99D40

tetradic

#40A99D #6840A9 #A9404C #80A940

square

#40A99D #6840A9 #A9404C #80A940

split-complementary

#40A99D #A94080 #A96840

monochromatic

#1E504B #2F7D74 #40A99D #62C4B9 #8FD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#40A99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#40A99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A99D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A99D	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3b9',
    500: '#40a99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a99d;
$custom-light: #81c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6712,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A99D

secondary

#C0858C

accent

#5362D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A99D

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

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