#40B896#40B896

#40B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B896
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -41.47, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 42.16, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.1163 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.118 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7571, 37.5703, 34.7953)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B896 #B84062

analogous

#40B85A #40B896 #409EB8

triadic

#40B896 #9640B8 #B89640

tetradic

#40B896 #5A40B8 #B84062 #9EB840

square

#40B896 #5A40B8 #B84062 #9EB840

split-complementary

#40B896 #B8409E #B85A40

monochromatic

#205D4C #308B71 #40B896 #6ACBB0 #97DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#40B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B896

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B896	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)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb4',
    500: '#40b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b896;
$custom-light: #83ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B896

secondary

#C78D9D

accent

#5076D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B896

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

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