#40AE99#40AE99

#40AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE99
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -36.24, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 36.28, 177.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.1043 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.104 178)
XYZ	xyz(22.9975, 33.6596, 35.4158)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE99 #AE4055

analogous

#40AE62 #40AE99 #408CAE

triadic

#40AE99 #9940AE #AE9940

tetradic

#40AE99 #6240AE #AE4055 #8CAE40

square

#40AE99 #6240AE #AE4055 #8CAE40

split-complementary

#40AE99 #AE408C #AE6240

monochromatic

#1F554A #308172 #40AE99 #65C6B4 #92D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#40AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE99

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE99	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)

#A7A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b7',
    500: '#40ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae99;
$custom-light: #81c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.33662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE99

secondary

#C28893

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE99

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

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