#40B796#40B796

#40B796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B796
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -41.03, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 41.65, 170.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1153 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.117 171)
XYZ	xyz(24.5501, 37.1563, 34.7263)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B796 #B74061

analogous

#40B75A #40B796 #409CB7

triadic

#40B796 #9640B7 #B79640

tetradic

#40B796 #5A40B7 #B74061 #9CB740

square

#40B796 #5A40B7 #B74061 #9CB740

split-complementary

#40B796 #B7409C #B75A40

monochromatic

#205C4C #308A71 #40B796 #69CBB0 #97DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#40B796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B796

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B796	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb4',
    500: '#40b796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b796;
$custom-light: #83cdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.361,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.37159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B796

secondary

#C68D9D

accent

#5076D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B796

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

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