#40AD8D#40AD8D

#40AD8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.110 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AD8D
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 18.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -38.81, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 39.50, 169.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.1088 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.11 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8633, 32.8979, 30.3919)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AD8D #AD4060

analogous

#40AD56 #40AD8D #4097AD

triadic

#40AD8D #8D40AD #AD8D40

tetradic

#40AD8D #5640AD #AD4060 #97AD40

square

#40AD8D #5640AD #AD4060 #97AD40

split-complementary

#40AD8D #AD4097 #AD5640

monochromatic

#1F5444 #2F8069 #40AD8D #64C6A9 #91D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40AD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#40AD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AD8D

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AD8D	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.110 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6ae',
    500: '#40ad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ad8d;
$custom-light: #81c6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.385,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AD8D

secondary

#C28798

accent

#5279D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AD8D

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

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