#40B196#40B196

#40B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B196
RGB	rgb(64, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -38.37, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 38.63, 173.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.1089 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.109 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3388, 34.7338, 34.3226)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B196 #B1405B

analogous

#40B15E #40B196 #4093B1

triadic

#40B196 #9640B1 #B19640

tetradic

#40B196 #5E40B1 #B1405B #93B140

square

#40B196 #5E40B1 #B1405B #93B140

split-complementary

#40B196 #B14093 #B15E40

monochromatic

#1F574A #308470 #40B196 #66C8B1 #93D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#40B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B196

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B196	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9b4',
    500: '#40b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b196;
$custom-light: #82c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.664,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B196

secondary

#C38997

accent

#5171D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B196

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

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