#40B897#40B897

#40B897 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B897
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -41.23, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 41.83, 170.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.1158 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.117 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8380, 37.6026, 35.2212)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B897 #B84061

analogous

#40B85B #40B897 #409DB8

triadic

#40B897 #9740B8 #B89740

tetradic

#40B897 #5B40B8 #B84061 #9DB840

square

#40B897 #5B40B8 #B84061 #9DB840

split-complementary

#40B897 #B8409D #B85B40

monochromatic

#205D4C #308B72 #40B897 #6ACBB0 #97DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#40B897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B897

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B897	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb5',
    500: '#40b897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b897;
$custom-light: #83ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B897

secondary

#C78D9D

accent

#5075D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B897

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

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