#40AC9D#40AC9D

#40AC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC9D
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -34.26, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 34.29, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.1003 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.1 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9499, 33.0269, 37.0571)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC9D #AC404F

analogous

#40AC67 #40AC9D #4085AC

triadic

#40AC9D #9D40AC #AC9D40

tetradic

#40AC9D #6740AC #AC404F #85AC40

square

#40AC9D #6740AC #AC404F #85AC40

split-complementary

#40AC9D #AC4085 #AC6740

monochromatic

#1F534C #2F7F74 #40AC9D #64C5B8 #91D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40AC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#40AC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC9D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC9D	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5b9',
    500: '#40ac9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac9d;
$custom-light: #81c5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC9D

secondary

#C1878F

accent

#5265D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC9D

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

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