#40B299#40B299

#40B299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B299
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -38.06, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 38.21, 174.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.1086 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.109 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7818, 35.2281, 35.6772)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B299 #B24059

analogous

#40B260 #40B299 #4092B2

triadic

#40B299 #9940B2 #B29940

tetradic

#40B299 #6040B2 #B24059 #92B240

square

#40B299 #6040B2 #B24059 #92B240

split-complementary

#40B299 #B24092 #B26040

monochromatic

#20584C #308572 #40B299 #67C8B3 #94D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#40B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B299

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B299	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9b7',
    500: '#40b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b299;
$custom-light: #82c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.842,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69254,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B299

secondary

#C48A97

accent

#516ED7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B299

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

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