#40AE9A#40AE9A

#40AE9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE9A
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 154)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -35.98, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 36.00, 178.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.1038 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.104 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0804, 33.6927, 35.8526)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE9A #AE4054

analogous

#40AE63 #40AE9A #408BAE

triadic

#40AE9A #9A40AE #AE9A40

tetradic

#40AE9A #6340AE #AE4054 #8BAE40

square

#40AE9A #6340AE #AE4054 #8BAE40

split-complementary

#40AE9A #AE408B #AE6340

monochromatic

#1F554B #308172 #40AE9A #65C6B5 #92D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40AE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#40AE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE9A

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE9A	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b7',
    500: '#40ae9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae9a;
$custom-light: #81c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68279,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE9A

secondary

#C28892

accent

#526AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE9A

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

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