#40AA8A#40AA8A

#40AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AA8A
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -38.20, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 38.94, 168.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.107 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.109 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0743, 31.6722, 29.0426)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AA8A #AA4060

analogous

#40AA55 #40AA8A #4095AA

triadic

#40AA8A #8A40AA #AA8A40

tetradic

#40AA8A #5540AA #AA4060 #95AA40

square

#40AA8A #5540AA #AA4060 #95AA40

split-complementary

#40AA8A #AA4095 #AA5540

monochromatic

#1F5142 #2F7E66 #40AA8A #63C4A7 #8FD5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#40AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AA8A

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AA8A	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4ac',
    500: '#40aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aa8a;
$custom-light: #80c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.887,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AA8A

secondary

#C08697

accent

#537AD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AA8A

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

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