#40AE9D#40AE9D

#40AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE9D
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -35.19, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 35.20, 180.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.1024 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.102 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3334, 33.7939, 37.1849)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE9D #AE4051

analogous

#40AE66 #40AE9D #4088AE

triadic

#40AE9D #9D40AE #AE9D40

tetradic

#40AE9D #6640AE #AE4051 #88AE40

square

#40AE9D #6640AE #AE4051 #88AE40

split-complementary

#40AE9D #AE4088 #AE6640

monochromatic

#1F554C #308175 #40AE9D #65C6B7 #92D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#40AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE9D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE9D	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7b9',
    500: '#40ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae9d;
$custom-light: #82c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68372,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE9D

secondary

#C28891

accent

#5266D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE9D

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

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