#40A99E#40A99E

#40A99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A99E
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -32.58, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 32.75, 185.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0966 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.097 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4711, 31.9322, 37.3204)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A99E #A9404B

analogous

#40A969 #40A99E #407FA9

triadic

#40A99E #9E40A9 #A99E40

tetradic

#40A99E #6940A9 #A9404B #7FA940

square

#40A99E #6940A9 #A9404B #7FA940

split-complementary

#40A99E #A9407F #A96940

monochromatic

#1E504B #2F7D74 #40A99E #62C4BA #8FD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#40A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#40A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A99E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A99E	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3ba',
    500: '#40a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a99e;
$custom-light: #81c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67152,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A99E

secondary

#C0858B

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A99E

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

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