#40B79F#40B79F

#40B79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B79F
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -38.78, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 38.86, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.111 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.111 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3028, 37.4574, 38.6907)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B79F #B74058

analogous

#40B763 #40B79F #4093B7

triadic

#40B79F #9F40B7 #B79F40

tetradic

#40B79F #6340B7 #B74058 #93B740

square

#40B79F #6340B7 #B74058 #93B740

split-complementary

#40B79F #B74093 #B76340

monochromatic

#205C50 #308A78 #40B79F #69CBB7 #97DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#40B79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B79F

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B79F	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)

#B0AC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdbb',
    500: '#40b79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b79f;
$custom-light: #83cdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70685,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B79F

secondary

#C68D98

accent

#506BD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B79F

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

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