#40B894#40B894

#40B894 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B894
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 19.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -41.95, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 42.83, 168.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1173 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.119 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5974, 37.5064, 33.9544)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B894 #B84064

analogous

#40B858 #40B894 #40A0B8

triadic

#40B894 #9440B8 #B89440

tetradic

#40B894 #5840B8 #B84064 #A0B840

square

#40B894 #5840B8 #B84064 #A0B840

split-complementary

#40B894 #B840A0 #B85840

monochromatic

#205D4B #308B6F #40B894 #6ACBAE #97DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#40B894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B894

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B894	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb3',
    500: '#40b894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b894;
$custom-light: #83ceb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70625,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B894

secondary

#C78D9E

accent

#5079D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B894

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

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