#40B895#40B895

#40B895 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B895
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 19%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -41.71, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 42.49, 169.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.1168 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.119 170)
XYZ	xyz(24.6769, 37.5382, 34.3730)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B895 #B84063

analogous

#40B859 #40B895 #409FB8

triadic

#40B895 #9540B8 #B89540

tetradic

#40B895 #5940B8 #B84063 #9FB840

square

#40B895 #5940B8 #B84063 #9FB840

split-complementary

#40B895 #B8409F #B85940

monochromatic

#205D4B #308B70 #40B895 #6ACBAF #97DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#40B895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B895

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B895	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb4',
    500: '#40b895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b895;
$custom-light: #83ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70652,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.37541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B895

secondary

#C78D9E

accent

#5078D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B895

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

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