#40B799#40B799

#40B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B799
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -40.29, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 40.68, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1138 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.115 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7948, 37.2542, 36.0149)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B799 #B7405E

analogous

#40B75D #40B799 #4099B7

triadic

#40B799 #9940B7 #B79940

tetradic

#40B799 #5D40B7 #B7405E #99B740

square

#40B799 #5D40B7 #B7405E #99B740

split-complementary

#40B799 #B74099 #B75D40

monochromatic

#205C4D #308A73 #40B799 #69CBB2 #97DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#40B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B799

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B799	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb7',
    500: '#40b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b799;
$custom-light: #83cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.874,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B799

secondary

#C68D9B

accent

#5072D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B799

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

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