#40B491#40B491

#40B491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B491
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -40.93, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 41.78, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1144 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.116 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5439, 35.7743, 32.4469)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B491 #B44063

analogous

#40B457 #40B491 #409DB4

triadic

#40B491 #9140B4 #B49140

tetradic

#40B491 #5740B4 #B44063 #9DB440

square

#40B491 #5740B4 #B44063 #9DB440

split-complementary

#40B491 #B4409D #B45740

monochromatic

#205A48 #30876D #40B491 #68C9AC #95D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40B491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#40B491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B491

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B491	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbb1',
    500: '#40b491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b491;
$custom-light: #82cbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.897,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B491

secondary

#C58B9C

accent

#5179D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B491

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

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