#40B59C#40B59C

#40B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B59C
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -38.65, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 38.78, 175.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.1103 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.111 176)
XYZ	xyz(24.6361, 36.5354, 37.1997)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B59C #B54059

analogous

#40B561 #40B59C #4094B5

triadic

#40B59C #9C40B5 #B59C40

tetradic

#40B59C #6140B5 #B54059 #94B540

square

#40B59C #6140B5 #B54059 #94B540

split-complementary

#40B59C #B54094 #B56140

monochromatic

#205B4E #308875 #40B59C #68CAB5 #96DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#40B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#40B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B59C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B59C	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccb9',
    500: '#40b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b59c;
$custom-light: #82ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.179,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70095,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.36538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B59C

secondary

#C58B98

accent

#506DD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B59C

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

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