#40B595#40B595

#40B595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B595
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(164, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -40.40, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 40.96, 170.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.1136 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.115 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0603, 36.3051, 34.1675)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B595 #B54060

analogous

#40B55B #40B595 #409AB5

triadic

#40B595 #9540B5 #B59540

tetradic

#40B595 #5B40B5 #B54060 #9AB540

square

#40B595 #5B40B5 #B54060 #9AB540

split-complementary

#40B595 #B5409A #B55B40

monochromatic

#205B4B #308870 #40B595 #68CAAF #96DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#40B595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#40B595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B595

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B595	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccb4',
    500: '#40b595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b595;
$custom-light: #82ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B595

secondary

#C58B9B

accent

#5075D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B595

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

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