#40AC9C#40AC9C

#40AC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.101 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC9C
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -34.53, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 34.54, 181.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.1007 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.101 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8649, 32.9929, 36.6093)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC9C #AC4050

analogous

#40AC66 #40AC9C #4086AC

triadic

#40AC9C #9C40AC #AC9C40

tetradic

#40AC9C #6640AC #AC4050 #86AC40

square

#40AC9C #6640AC #AC4050 #86AC40

split-complementary

#40AC9C #AC4086 #AC6640

monochromatic

#1F534B #2F7F74 #40AC9C #64C5B7 #91D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40AC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#40AC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC9C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC9C	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.101 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5b9',
    500: '#40ac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac9c;
$custom-light: #81c5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC9C

secondary

#C1878F

accent

#5266D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC9C

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

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