#40AE93#40AE93

#40AE93 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE93
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 147)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 15.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -37.77, 4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 38.06, 172.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.1071 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.108 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5143, 33.4663, 32.8712)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE93 #AE405B

analogous

#40AE5C #40AE93 #4092AE

triadic

#40AE93 #9340AE #AE9340

tetradic

#40AE93 #5C40AE #AE405B #92AE40

square

#40AE93 #5C40AE #AE405B #92AE40

split-complementary

#40AE93 #AE4092 #AE5C40

monochromatic

#1F5547 #30816D #40AE93 #65C6AE #92D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40AE93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#40AE93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE93

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE93	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b2',
    500: '#40ae93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae93;
$custom-light: #81c7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68071,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE93

secondary

#C28896

accent

#5272D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE93

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

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