#40B597#40B597

#40B597 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40B597
RGBrgb(64, 181, 151)
HSLhsl(165, 48%, 48%)
HSVhsv(165, 65%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 0%, 16.6%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.80, -39.90, 5.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.80, 40.31, 171.82°)
OKLaboklab(69.95% -0.1127 0.0146)
OKLCHoklch(69.95% 0.114 172.6)
XYZxyz(24.2214, 36.3695, 35.0157)
Luminance0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40B597 #B5405E
analogous
#40B55C #40B597 #4099B5
triadic
#40B597 #9740B5 #B59740
tetradic
#40B597 #5C40B5 #B5405E #99B540
square
#40B597 #5C40B5 #B5405E #99B540
split-complementary
#40B597 #B54099 #B55C40
monochromatic
#205B4C #308871 #40B597 #68CAB1 #96DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#40B597 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27
#40B597 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B597
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40B597#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40B5971.002.548.278.27
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2721.001.001.00
##0000008.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFAA96
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9E99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40b597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 172.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccb5',
    500: '#40b597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40b597;
$custom-light: #82ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40b597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69951,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40B597
secondary
#C58B9A
accent
#5073D7
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1311
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B597

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

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#40B597 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva