#40B38D#40B38D

#40B38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B38D
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -41.45, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 42.64, 166.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.1153 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.118 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0397, 35.2508, 30.7840)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B38D #B34066

analogous

#40B354 #40B38D #409FB3

triadic

#40B38D #8D40B3 #B38D40

tetradic

#40B38D #5440B3 #B34066 #9FB340

square

#40B38D #5440B3 #B34066 #9FB340

split-complementary

#40B38D #B3409F #B35440

monochromatic

#205946 #308669 #40B38D #67C9A9 #94D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40B38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#40B38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B38D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B38D	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)

#AFA78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caae',
    500: '#40b38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b38d;
$custom-light: #82caae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.174,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69172,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B38D

secondary

#C48A9E

accent

#517DD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B38D

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

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