#40B397#40B397

#40B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B397
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -39.01, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 39.31, 172.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.1106 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.111 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8176, 35.5620, 34.8811)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B397 #B3405C

analogous

#40B35D #40B397 #4096B3

triadic

#40B397 #9740B3 #B39740

tetradic

#40B397 #5D40B3 #B3405C #96B340

square

#40B397 #5D40B3 #B3405C #96B340

split-complementary

#40B397 #B34096 #B35D40

monochromatic

#20594B #308671 #40B397 #67C9B1 #94D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#40B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B397

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B397	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)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cab5',
    500: '#40b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b397;
$custom-light: #82cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69448,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B397

secondary

#C48A99

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B397

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

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