#40B38F#40B38F

#40B38F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B38F
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 143)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 20.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -40.97, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 41.95, 167.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.1143 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.117 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1899, 35.3109, 31.5748)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B38F #B34064

analogous

#40B355 #40B38F #409EB3

triadic

#40B38F #8F40B3 #B38F40

tetradic

#40B38F #5540B3 #B34064 #9EB340

square

#40B38F #5540B3 #B34064 #9EB340

split-complementary

#40B38F #B3409E #B35540

monochromatic

#205947 #30866B #40B38F #67C9AA #94D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#40B38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#40B38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B38F

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B38F	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AFA78D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caaf',
    500: '#40b38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b38f;
$custom-light: #82caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.217,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B38F

secondary

#C48A9D

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B38F

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

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