#40AE87#40AE87

#40AE87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE87
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -40.68, 10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 42.12, 164.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.1128 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.116 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6213, 33.1091, 28.1682)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE87 #AE4067

analogous

#40AE50 #40AE87 #409EAE

triadic

#40AE87 #8740AE #AE8740

tetradic

#40AE87 #5040AE #AE4067 #9EAE40

square

#40AE87 #5040AE #AE4067 #9EAE40

split-complementary

#40AE87 #AE409E #AE5040

monochromatic

#1F5542 #308164 #40AE87 #65C6A4 #92D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#40AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE87

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE87	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B978A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7aa',
    500: '#40ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae87;
$custom-light: #81c7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67742,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE87

secondary

#C2889C

accent

#5281D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE87

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

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