#40AE98#40AE98

#40AE98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE98
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -36.50, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 36.56, 176.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.1047 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.105 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9152, 33.6267, 34.9826)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE98 #AE4056

analogous

#40AE61 #40AE98 #408DAE

triadic

#40AE98 #9840AE #AE9840

tetradic

#40AE98 #6140AE #AE4056 #8DAE40

square

#40AE98 #6140AE #AE4056 #8DAE40

split-complementary

#40AE98 #AE408D #AE6140

monochromatic

#1F554A #308171 #40AE98 #65C6B3 #92D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40AE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#40AE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE98

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE98	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b6',
    500: '#40ae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae98;
$custom-light: #81c7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68219,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE98

secondary

#C28893

accent

#526CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE98

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

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