#40B39C#40B39C

#40B39C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.108 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B39C
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -37.75, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 37.81, 176.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.1082 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.108 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2323, 35.7279, 37.0651)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B39C #B34057

analogous

#40B362 #40B39C #4090B3

triadic

#40B39C #9C40B3 #B39C40

tetradic

#40B39C #6240B3 #B34057 #90B340

square

#40B39C #6240B3 #B34057 #90B340

split-complementary

#40B39C #B34090 #B36240

monochromatic

#20594D #308675 #40B39C #67C9B5 #94D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B39C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#40B39C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B39C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B39C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B39C	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.108 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cab9',
    500: '#40b39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b39c;
$custom-light: #82cab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69594,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B39C

secondary

#C48A96

accent

#516CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B39C

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

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