#40B585#40B585

#40B585 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B585
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 26.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -44.14, 15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 46.62, 161.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.1212 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.127 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8696, 35.8288, 27.8962)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B585 #B54070

analogous

#40B54B #40B585 #40AAB5

triadic

#40B585 #8540B5 #B58540

tetradic

#40B585 #4B40B5 #B54070 #AAB540

square

#40B585 #4B40B5 #B54070 #AAB540

split-complementary

#40B585 #B540AA #B54B40

monochromatic

#205B43 #308864 #40B585 #68CAA2 #96DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40B585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#40B585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B585

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B585	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cca8',
    500: '#40b585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b585;
$custom-light: #82cca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.385,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69478,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B585

secondary

#C58BA3

accent

#5088D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B585

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

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