#40B099#40B099

#40B099 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B099
RGB	rgb(64, 176, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 13.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -37.15, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 37.24, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.1064 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.107 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3867, 34.4381, 35.5455)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B099 #B04057

analogous

#40B061 #40B099 #408FB0

triadic

#40B099 #9940B0 #B09940

tetradic

#40B099 #6140B0 #B04057 #8FB040

square

#40B099 #6140B0 #B04057 #8FB040

split-complementary

#40B099 #B0408F #B06140

monochromatic

#1F564B #308372 #40B099 #66C7B3 #93D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40B099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#40B099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B099

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B099	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 176, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8b7',
    500: '#40b099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b099;
$custom-light: #82c8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.679,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B099

secondary

#C38995

accent

#516DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B099

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

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