#40AD9D#40AD9D

#40AD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AD9D
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 9.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -34.73, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 34.74, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.1013 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.101 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1409, 33.4090, 37.1208)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AD9D #AD4050

analogous

#40AD67 #40AD9D #4087AD

triadic

#40AD9D #9D40AD #AD9D40

tetradic

#40AD9D #6740AD #AD4050 #87AD40

square

#40AD9D #6740AD #AD4050 #87AD40

split-complementary

#40AD9D #AD4087 #AD6740

monochromatic

#1F544C #2F8074 #40AD9D #64C6B8 #91D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40AD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#40AD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AD9D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AD9D	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ad9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6b9',
    500: '#40ad9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ad9d;
$custom-light: #81c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ad9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.193,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68121,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AD9D

secondary

#C28790

accent

#5265D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AD9D

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

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