#40B096#40B096

#40B096 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.108 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B096
RGB	rgb(64, 176, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -37.92, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 38.13, 173.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1078 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.108 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1421, 34.3402, 34.2570)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B096 #B0405A

analogous

#40B05E #40B096 #4092B0

triadic

#40B096 #9640B0 #B09640

tetradic

#40B096 #5E40B0 #B0405A #92B040

square

#40B096 #5E40B0 #B0405A #92B040

split-complementary

#40B096 #B04092 #B05E40

monochromatic

#1F564A #308370 #40B096 #66C7B1 #93D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40B096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#40B096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B096

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B096	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 176, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.108 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8b4',
    500: '#40b096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b096;
$custom-light: #81c8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.071,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68663,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B096

secondary

#C38996

accent

#5170D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B096

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

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