#40AC9E#40AC9E

#40AC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC9E
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -34.00, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 34.05, 183.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0998 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.1 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0356, 33.0612, 37.5086)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC9E #AC404E

analogous

#40AC68 #40AC9E #4084AC

triadic

#40AC9E #9E40AC #AC9E40

tetradic

#40AC9E #6840AC #AC404E #84AC40

square

#40AC9E #6840AC #AC404E #84AC40

split-complementary

#40AC9E #AC4084 #AC6840

monochromatic

#1F534C #2F7F75 #40AC9E #64C5B9 #91D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40AC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#40AC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC9E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC9E	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)

#A4A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5ba',
    500: '#40ac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac9e;
$custom-light: #81c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67903,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC9E

secondary

#C1878E

accent

#5263D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC9E

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

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