#40B79E#40B79E

#40B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B79E
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -39.03, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 39.15, 175.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1115 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.112 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2164, 37.4228, 38.2355)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B79E #B74059

analogous

#40B762 #40B79E #4094B7

triadic

#40B79E #9E40B7 #B79E40

tetradic

#40B79E #6240B7 #B74059 #94B740

square

#40B79E #6240B7 #B74059 #94B740

split-complementary

#40B79E #B74094 #B76240

monochromatic

#205C50 #308A77 #40B79E #69CBB6 #97DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#40B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B79E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B79E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdba',
    500: '#40b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b79e;
$custom-light: #83cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.395,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B79E

secondary

#C68D99

accent

#506DD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B79E

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

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