#40B79A#40B79A

#40B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B79A
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -40.04, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 40.36, 172.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.1134 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.114 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8777, 37.2874, 36.4517)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B79A #B7405D

analogous

#40B75E #40B79A #4098B7

triadic

#40B79A #9A40B7 #B79A40

tetradic

#40B79A #5E40B7 #B7405D #98B740

square

#40B79A #5E40B7 #B7405D #98B740

split-complementary

#40B79A #B74098 #B75E40

monochromatic

#205C4E #308A74 #40B79A #69CBB3 #97DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#40B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B79A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B79A	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb7',
    500: '#40b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b79a;
$custom-light: #83cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7054,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B79A

secondary

#C68D9B

accent

#5071D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B79A

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

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