#40AC98#40AC98

#40AC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC98
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -35.58, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 35.60, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.1026 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.103 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5317, 32.8597, 34.8548)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC98 #AC4054

analogous

#40AC62 #40AC98 #408AAC

triadic

#40AC98 #9840AC #AC9840

tetradic

#40AC98 #6240AC #AC4054 #8AAC40

square

#40AC98 #6240AC #AC4054 #8AAC40

split-complementary

#40AC98 #AC408A #AC6240

monochromatic

#1F5349 #2F7F71 #40AC98 #64C5B3 #91D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40AC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#40AC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC98

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC98	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5b6',
    500: '#40ac98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac98;
$custom-light: #81c5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67716,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC98

secondary

#C18792

accent

#526BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC98

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

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