#40B49F#40B49F

#40B49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B49F
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -37.42, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 37.44, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.1079 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.108 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6907, 36.2330, 38.4866)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B49F #B44055

analogous

#40B465 #40B49F #408FB4

triadic

#40B49F #9F40B4 #B49F40

tetradic

#40B49F #6540B4 #B44055 #8FB440

square

#40B49F #6540B4 #B44055 #8FB440

split-complementary

#40B49F #B4408F #B46540

monochromatic

#205A4F #308777 #40B49F #68C9B8 #95D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40B49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#40B49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B49F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B49F	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbbb',
    500: '#40b49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b49f;
$custom-light: #83cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.138,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69934,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B49F

secondary

#C58B95

accent

#5169D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B49F

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

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