#40AD87#40AD87

#40AD87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AD87
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 135)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 22%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -40.24, 10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 41.58, 165.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.1117 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.115 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4289, 32.7242, 28.1041)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AD87 #AD4066

analogous

#40AD51 #40AD87 #409DAD

triadic

#40AD87 #8740AD #AD8740

tetradic

#40AD87 #5140AD #AD4066 #9DAD40

square

#40AD87 #5140AD #AD4066 #9DAD40

split-complementary

#40AD87 #AD409D #AD5140

monochromatic

#1F5441 #2F8064 #40AD87 #64C6A4 #91D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40AD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#40AD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AD87

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AD87	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ad87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6aa',
    500: '#40ad87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ad87;
$custom-light: #80c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ad87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.083,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67486,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AD87

secondary

#C2879C

accent

#5280D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AD87

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

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