#40B490#40B490

#40B490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B490
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 20%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -41.17, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 42.12, 167.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.1149 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.117 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4671, 35.7436, 32.0426)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B490 #B44064

analogous

#40B456 #40B490 #409EB4

triadic

#40B490 #9040B4 #B49040

tetradic

#40B490 #5640B4 #B44064 #9EB440

square

#40B490 #5640B4 #B44064 #9EB440

split-complementary

#40B490 #B4409E #B45640

monochromatic

#205A48 #30876C #40B490 #68C9AB #95D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#40B490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B490

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B490	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)

#AFA88E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbb0',
    500: '#40b490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b490;
$custom-light: #82cbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B490

secondary

#C58B9D

accent

#517AD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B490

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

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