#40B79D#40B79D

#40B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B79D
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -39.29, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 39.45, 174.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.112 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.112 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1307, 37.3885, 37.7840)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B79D #B7405A

analogous

#40B761 #40B79D #4095B7

triadic

#40B79D #9D40B7 #B79D40

tetradic

#40B79D #6140B7 #B7405A #95B740

square

#40B79D #6140B7 #B7405A #95B740

split-complementary

#40B79D #B74095 #B76140

monochromatic

#205C4F #308A76 #40B79D #69CBB5 #97DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#40B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B79D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B79D	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb9',
    500: '#40b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b79d;
$custom-light: #83cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B79D

secondary

#C68D99

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B79D

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

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