#40B89D#40B89D

#40B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B89D
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -39.73, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 39.93, 174.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.113 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.113 175)
XYZ	xyz(25.3377, 37.8025, 37.8530)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B89D #B8405B

analogous

#40B861 #40B89D #4097B8

triadic

#40B89D #9D40B8 #B89D40

tetradic

#40B89D #6140B8 #B8405B #97B840

square

#40B89D #6140B8 #B8405B #97B840

split-complementary

#40B89D #B84097 #B86140

monochromatic

#205D50 #308B76 #40B89D #6ACBB5 #97DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#40B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B89D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B89D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb9',
    500: '#40b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b89d;
$custom-light: #83ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B89D

secondary

#C78D9A

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B89D

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

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