#40AE8D#40AE8D

#40AE8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE8D
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -39.25, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 40.02, 168.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.1099 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.112 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0557, 33.2829, 30.4560)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE8D #AE4061

analogous

#40AE56 #40AE8D #4098AE

triadic

#40AE8D #8D40AE #AE8D40

tetradic

#40AE8D #5640AE #AE4061 #98AE40

square

#40AE8D #5640AE #AE4061 #98AE40

split-complementary

#40AE8D #AE4098 #AE5640

monochromatic

#1F5544 #308169 #40AE8D #65C6A9 #92D7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40AE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#40AE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE8D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE8D	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7ae',
    500: '#40ae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae8d;
$custom-light: #81c7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67902,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE8D

secondary

#C28899

accent

#527AD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE8D

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

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