#40B296#40B296

#40B296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B296
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 15.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -38.82, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 39.13, 172.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.11 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.111 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5371, 35.1303, 34.3886)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B296 #B2405C

analogous

#40B25D #40B296 #4095B2

triadic

#40B296 #9640B2 #B29640

tetradic

#40B296 #5D40B2 #B2405C #95B240

square

#40B296 #5D40B2 #B2405C #95B240

split-complementary

#40B296 #B24095 #B25D40

monochromatic

#20584A #308570 #40B296 #67C8B0 #94D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#40B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#40B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B296

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B296	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9b4',
    500: '#40b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b296;
$custom-light: #82c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69167,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B296

secondary

#C48A98

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B296

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

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