#40B18E#40B18E

#40B18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.115 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B18E
RGB	rgb(64, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -40.34, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 41.25, 167.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.1127 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.115 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7165, 34.4849, 31.0450)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B18E #B14063

analogous

#40B156 #40B18E #409CB1

triadic

#40B18E #8E40B1 #B18E40

tetradic

#40B18E #5640B1 #B14063 #9CB140

square

#40B18E #5640B1 #B14063 #9CB140

split-complementary

#40B18E #B1409C #B15640

monochromatic

#1F5746 #30846A #40B18E #66C8AA #93D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40B18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#40B18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B18E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B18E	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.115 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9af',
    500: '#40b18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b18e;
$custom-light: #81c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.416,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68691,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B18E

secondary

#C3899B

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B18E

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

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