#40AE90#40AE90

#40AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE90
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -38.52, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 39.02, 170.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.1085 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.11 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2820, 33.3734, 31.6476)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE90 #AE405E

analogous

#40AE59 #40AE90 #4095AE

triadic

#40AE90 #9040AE #AE9040

tetradic

#40AE90 #5940AE #AE405E #95AE40

square

#40AE90 #5940AE #AE405E #95AE40

split-complementary

#40AE90 #AE4095 #AE5940

monochromatic

#1F5546 #30816B #40AE90 #65C6AC #92D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#40AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE90

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE90	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#A9A38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b0',
    500: '#40ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae90;
$custom-light: #81c7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67986,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE90

secondary

#C28898

accent

#5276D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE90

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

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