#40B396#40B396

#40B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B396
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -39.26, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 39.63, 172.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.111 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.112 173)
XYZ	xyz(23.7368, 35.5297, 34.4552)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B396 #B3405D

analogous

#40B35D #40B396 #4096B3

triadic

#40B396 #9640B3 #B39640

tetradic

#40B396 #5D40B3 #B3405D #96B340

square

#40B396 #5D40B3 #B3405D #96B340

split-complementary

#40B396 #B34096 #B35D40

monochromatic

#20594A #308670 #40B396 #67C9B0 #94D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#40B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B396

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B396	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cab4',
    500: '#40b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b396;
$custom-light: #82cab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.87,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B396

secondary

#C48A99

accent

#5173D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B396

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

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