#40AD8A#40AD8A

#40AD8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.113 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AD8A
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -39.53, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 40.52, 167.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.1103 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.113 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6431, 32.8098, 29.2322)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AD8A #AD4063

analogous

#40AD54 #40AD8A #409AAD

triadic

#40AD8A #8A40AD #AD8A40

tetradic

#40AD8A #5440AD #AD4063 #9AAD40

square

#40AD8A #5440AD #AD4063 #9AAD40

split-complementary

#40AD8A #AD409A #AD5440

monochromatic

#1F5443 #2F8066 #40AD8A #64C6A7 #91D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40AD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#40AD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AD8A

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AD8A	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.113 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6ac',
    500: '#40ad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ad8a;
$custom-light: #81c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.734,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67566,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AD8A

secondary

#C2879A

accent

#527CD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AD8A

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

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