#40B89F#40B89F

#40B89F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B89F
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -39.23, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 39.34, 175.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1121 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.112 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5098, 37.8714, 38.7597)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B89F #B84059

analogous

#40B863 #40B89F #4095B8

triadic

#40B89F #9F40B8 #B89F40

tetradic

#40B89F #6340B8 #B84059 #95B840

square

#40B89F #6340B8 #B84059 #95B840

split-complementary

#40B89F #B84095 #B86340

monochromatic

#205D51 #308B78 #40B89F #6ACBB7 #97DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#40B89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B89F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B89F	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cebb',
    500: '#40b89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b89f;
$custom-light: #83cebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B89F

secondary

#C78D99

accent

#506CD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B89F

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

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