#40B185#40B185

#40B185 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B185
RGB	rgb(64, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 24.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -42.44, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 44.46, 162.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.1169 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.122 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0679, 34.2254, 27.6289)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B185 #B1406C

analogous

#40B14C #40B185 #40A5B1

triadic

#40B185 #8540B1 #B18540

tetradic

#40B185 #4C40B1 #B1406C #A5B140

square

#40B185 #4C40B1 #B1406C #A5B140

split-complementary

#40B185 #B140A5 #B14C40

monochromatic

#1F5741 #308463 #40B185 #66C8A2 #93D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40B185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#40B185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B185

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B185	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9a8',
    500: '#40b185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b185;
$custom-light: #81c9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.637,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B185

secondary

#C389A0

accent

#5185D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B185

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

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