#40B89B#40B89B

#40B89B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B89B
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 15.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -40.24, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 40.55, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.114 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.115 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1683, 37.7348, 36.9611)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B89B #B8405D

analogous

#40B85F #40B89B #4099B8

triadic

#40B89B #9B40B8 #B89B40

tetradic

#40B89B #5F40B8 #B8405D #99B840

square

#40B89B #5F40B8 #B8405D #99B840

split-complementary

#40B89B #B84099 #B85F40

monochromatic

#205D4E #308B75 #40B89B #6ACBB4 #97DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#40B89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B89B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B89B	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb8',
    500: '#40b89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b89b;
$custom-light: #83ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70819,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B89B

secondary

#C78D9B

accent

#5071D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B89B

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

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