#40B48D#40B48D

#40B48D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B48D
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -41.88, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 43.17, 165.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1163 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.119 167)
XYZ	xyz(23.2409, 35.6531, 30.8511)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B48D #B44067

analogous

#40B453 #40B48D #40A1B4

triadic

#40B48D #8D40B4 #B48D40

tetradic

#40B48D #5340B4 #B44067 #A1B440

square

#40B48D #5340B4 #B44067 #A1B440

split-complementary

#40B48D #B440A1 #B45340

monochromatic

#205A46 #30876A #40B48D #68C9A9 #95D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#40B48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B48D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B48D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbae',
    500: '#40b48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b48d;
$custom-light: #82cbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.35656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B48D

secondary

#C58B9E

accent

#517ED7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B48D

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

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