#40B38C#40B38C

#40B38C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B38C
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 140)
HSL	hsl(160, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -41.68, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 42.99, 165.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.1157 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.119 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9656, 35.2212, 30.3939)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B38C #B34067

analogous

#40B352 #40B38C #40A1B3

triadic

#40B38C #8C40B3 #B38C40

tetradic

#40B38C #5240B3 #B34067 #A1B340

square

#40B38C #5240B3 #B34067 #A1B340

split-complementary

#40B38C #B340A1 #B35240

monochromatic

#205945 #308669 #40B38C #67C9A8 #94D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40B38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#40B38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B38C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B38C	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caad',
    500: '#40b38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b38c;
$custom-light: #82caad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.652,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B38C

secondary

#C48A9E

accent

#517ED7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B38C

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

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