#40B698#40B698

#40B698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B698
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -40.10, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 40.50, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.1133 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.114 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5070, 36.8102, 35.5132)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B698 #B6405E

analogous

#40B65D #40B698 #4099B6

triadic

#40B698 #9840B6 #B69840

tetradic

#40B698 #5D40B6 #B6405E #99B640

square

#40B698 #5D40B6 #B6405E #99B640

split-complementary

#40B698 #B64099 #B65D40

monochromatic

#205B4C #308972 #40B698 #69CAB2 #96DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#40B698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#40B698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B698

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B698	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccb6',
    500: '#40b698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b698;
$custom-light: #82ccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B698

secondary

#C68C9B

accent

#5073D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B698

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

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