#40AA8D#40AA8D

#40AA8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AA8D
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -37.46, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 37.94, 170.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.1056 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.107 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2945, 31.7603, 30.2023)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AA8D #AA405D

analogous

#40AA58 #40AA8D #4092AA

triadic

#40AA8D #8D40AA #AA8D40

tetradic

#40AA8D #5840AA #AA405D #92AA40

square

#40AA8D #5840AA #AA405D #92AA40

split-complementary

#40AA8D #AA4092 #AA5840

monochromatic

#1F5143 #2F7E68 #40AA8D #63C4AA #8FD5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40AA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#40AA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AA8D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AA8D	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aa8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4ae',
    500: '#40aa8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aa8d;
$custom-light: #80c4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aa8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.585,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66887,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AA8D

secondary

#C08696

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AA8D

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

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