#40AE91#40AE91

#40AE91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE91
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 145)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 16.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -38.27, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 38.70, 171.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.108 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.109 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3587, 33.4041, 32.0519)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE91 #AE405D

analogous

#40AE5A #40AE91 #4094AE

triadic

#40AE91 #9140AE #AE9140

tetradic

#40AE91 #5A40AE #AE405D #94AE40

square

#40AE91 #5A40AE #AE405D #94AE40

split-complementary

#40AE91 #AE4094 #AE5A40

monochromatic

#1F5546 #30816C #40AE91 #65C6AD #92D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40AE91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#40AE91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE91

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE91	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)

#A9A390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b1',
    500: '#40ae91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae91;
$custom-light: #81c7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68014,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE91

secondary

#C28897

accent

#5275D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE91

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

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