#40B49E#40B49E

#40B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B49E
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -37.68, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 37.72, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.1083 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.108 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6042, 36.1985, 38.0314)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B49E #B44056

analogous

#40B464 #40B49E #4090B4

triadic

#40B49E #9E40B4 #B49E40

tetradic

#40B49E #6440B4 #B44056 #90B440

square

#40B49E #6440B4 #B44056 #90B440

split-complementary

#40B49E #B44090 #B46440

monochromatic

#205A4F #308776 #40B49E #68C9B7 #95D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#40B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B49E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B49E	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbba',
    500: '#40b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b49e;
$custom-light: #82cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.621,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B49E

secondary

#C58B96

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B49E

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

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