#40B486#40B486

#40B486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B486
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(156, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -43.49, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 45.71, 162.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.1197 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.125 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7364, 35.4513, 28.1942)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B486 #B4406E

analogous

#40B44C #40B486 #40A8B4

triadic

#40B486 #8640B4 #B48640

tetradic

#40B486 #4C40B4 #B4406E #A8B440

square

#40B486 #4C40B4 #B4406E #A8B440

split-complementary

#40B486 #B440A8 #B44C40

monochromatic

#205A43 #308764 #40B486 #68C9A3 #95D9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#40B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#40B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B486

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B486	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cba9',
    500: '#40b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b486;
$custom-light: #82cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.207,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69247,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B486

secondary

#C58BA2

accent

#5186D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B486

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

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