#40B48A#40B48A

#40B48A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.122 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B48A
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -42.58, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 44.24, 164.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.1178 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.122 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0207, 35.5650, 29.6914)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B48A #B4406A

analogous

#40B450 #40B48A #40A4B4

triadic

#40B48A #8A40B4 #B48A40

tetradic

#40B48A #5040B4 #B4406A #A4B440

square

#40B48A #5040B4 #B4406A #A4B440

split-complementary

#40B48A #B440A4 #B45040

monochromatic

#205A45 #308767 #40B48A #68C9A6 #95D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40B48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#40B48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B48A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B48A	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)

#B0A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.122 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbac',
    500: '#40b48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b48a;
$custom-light: #82cbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.276,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69348,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B48A

secondary

#C58BA0

accent

#5181D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B48A

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

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