#40B89C#40B89C

#40B89C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B89C
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -39.99, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 40.24, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1135 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.114 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2527, 37.7685, 37.4052)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B89C #B8405C

analogous

#40B860 #40B89C #4098B8

triadic

#40B89C #9C40B8 #B89C40

tetradic

#40B89C #6040B8 #B8405C #98B840

square

#40B89C #6040B8 #B8405C #98B840

split-complementary

#40B89C #B84098 #B86040

monochromatic

#205D4F #308B76 #40B89C #6ACBB5 #97DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#40B89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B89C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B89C	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb9',
    500: '#40b89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b89c;
$custom-light: #83ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70848,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B89C

secondary

#C78D9B

accent

#5070D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B89C

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

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