#40B49A#40B49A

#40B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B49A
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -38.71, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 38.89, 174.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.1102 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.111 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2655, 36.0630, 36.2476)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B49A #B4405A

analogous

#40B460 #40B49A #4094B4

triadic

#40B49A #9A40B4 #B49A40

tetradic

#40B49A #6040B4 #B4405A #94B440

square

#40B49A #6040B4 #B4405A #94B440

split-complementary

#40B49A #B44094 #B46040

monochromatic

#205A4D #308773 #40B49A #68C9B3 #95D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#40B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#40B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B49A

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B49A	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbb7',
    500: '#40b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b49a;
$custom-light: #82cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.552,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69786,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B49A

secondary

#C58B98

accent

#516FD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B49A

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

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