#40AE8A#40AE8A

#40AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.114 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE8A
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -39.97, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 41.05, 166.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.1113 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.114 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8355, 33.1948, 29.2963)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE8A #AE4064

analogous

#40AE53 #40AE8A #409BAE

triadic

#40AE8A #8A40AE #AE8A40

tetradic

#40AE8A #5340AE #AE4064 #9BAE40

square

#40AE8A #5340AE #AE4064 #9BAE40

split-complementary

#40AE8A #AE409B #AE5340

monochromatic

#1F5543 #308167 #40AE8A #65C6A6 #92D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#40AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE8A

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE8A	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)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.114 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7ac',
    500: '#40ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae8a;
$custom-light: #81c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67821,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE8A

secondary

#C2889B

accent

#527DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE8A

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

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