#40B38E#40B38E

#40B38E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B38E
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -41.21, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 42.29, 167.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.1148 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.117 168)
XYZ	xyz(23.1145, 35.2807, 31.1776)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B38E #B34065

analogous

#40B355 #40B38E #409EB3

triadic

#40B38E #8E40B3 #B38E40

tetradic

#40B38E #5540B3 #B34065 #9EB340

square

#40B38E #5540B3 #B34065 #9EB340

split-complementary

#40B38E #B3409E #B35540

monochromatic

#205946 #30866A #40B38E #67C9A9 #94D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#40B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B38E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B38E	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caaf',
    500: '#40b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b38e;
$custom-light: #82caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.696,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B38E

secondary

#C48A9D

accent

#517CD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B38E

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

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