#40AC8E#40AC8E

#40AC8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC8E
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 142)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -38.11, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 38.65, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.1073 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.109 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7470, 32.5458, 30.7218)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC8E #AC405E

analogous

#40AC58 #40AC8E #4094AC

triadic

#40AC8E #8E40AC #AC8E40

tetradic

#40AC8E #5840AC #AC405E #94AC40

square

#40AC8E #5840AC #AC405E #94AC40

split-complementary

#40AC8E #AC4094 #AC5840

monochromatic

#1F5344 #2F7F69 #40AC8E #64C5AA #91D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#40AC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#40AC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC8E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC8E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5af',
    500: '#40ac8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac8e;
$custom-light: #81c5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67423,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC8E

secondary

#C18797

accent

#5277D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC8E

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

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