#40B48E#40B48E

#40B48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B48E
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -41.65, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 42.82, 166.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.1159 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.119 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3156, 35.6830, 31.2447)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B48E #B44066

analogous

#40B454 #40B48E #40A0B4

triadic

#40B48E #8E40B4 #B48E40

tetradic

#40B48E #5440B4 #B44066 #A0B440

square

#40B48E #5440B4 #B44066 #A0B440

split-complementary

#40B48E #B440A0 #B45440

monochromatic

#205A47 #30876A #40B48E #68C9A9 #95D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#40B48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B48E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B48E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbaf',
    500: '#40b48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b48e;
$custom-light: #82cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.345,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B48E

secondary

#C58B9E

accent

#517DD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B48E

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

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