#40AD97#40AD97

#40AD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AD97
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 12.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -36.30, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 36.36, 176.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.1041 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.104 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6412, 33.2091, 34.4889)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AD97 #AD4056

analogous

#40AD61 #40AD97 #408DAD

triadic

#40AD97 #9740AD #AD9740

tetradic

#40AD97 #6140AD #AD4056 #8DAD40

square

#40AD97 #6140AD #AD4056 #8DAD40

split-complementary

#40AD97 #AD408D #AD6140

monochromatic

#1F5449 #2F8070 #40AD97 #64C6B2 #91D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40AD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#40AD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AD97

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AD97	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ad97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6b5',
    500: '#40ad97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ad97;
$custom-light: #81c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ad97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.89,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67937,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AD97

secondary

#C28793

accent

#526DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AD97

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

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