#40B985#40B985

#40B985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B985
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -45.81, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 48.78, 159.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1254 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.132 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6946, 37.4788, 28.1712)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B985 #B94074

analogous

#40B949 #40B985 #40B1B9

triadic

#40B985 #8540B9 #B98540

tetradic

#40B985 #4940B9 #B94074 #B1B940

square

#40B985 #4940B9 #B94074 #B1B940

split-complementary

#40B985 #B940B1 #B94940

monochromatic

#215E44 #308C64 #40B985 #6BCCA2 #98DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#40B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B985

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B985	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfa8',
    500: '#40b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b985;
$custom-light: #82cfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.215,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70499,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B985

secondary

#C78EA6

accent

#508AD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B985

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

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