#40B69E#40B69E

#40B69E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B69E
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -38.59, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 38.67, 176.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1105 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.111 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0109, 37.0118, 38.1670)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B69E #B64058

analogous

#40B663 #40B69E #4093B6

triadic

#40B69E #9E40B6 #B69E40

tetradic

#40B69E #6340B6 #B64058 #93B640

square

#40B69E #6340B6 #B64058 #93B640

split-complementary

#40B69E #B64093 #B66340

monochromatic

#205B4F #308977 #40B69E #69CAB6 #96DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#40B69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B69E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B69E	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccba',
    500: '#40b69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b69e;
$custom-light: #83ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B69E

secondary

#C68C98

accent

#506CD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B69E

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

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