#40B79B#40B79B

#40B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B79B
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -39.79, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 40.05, 173.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1129 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.114 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9613, 37.3208, 36.8921)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B79B #B7405C

analogous

#40B75F #40B79B #4097B7

triadic

#40B79B #9B40B7 #B79B40

tetradic

#40B79B #5F40B7 #B7405C #97B740

square

#40B79B #5F40B7 #B7405C #97B740

split-complementary

#40B79B #B74097 #B75F40

monochromatic

#205C4E #308A75 #40B79B #69CBB4 #97DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#40B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B79B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B79B	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)

#B1AC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb8',
    500: '#40b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b79b;
$custom-light: #83cdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70568,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B79B

secondary

#C68D9A

accent

#5070D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B79B

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

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