#40B986#40B986

#40B986 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B986
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 27.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -45.59, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 48.40, 160.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1249 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.132 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7640, 37.5066, 28.5367)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B986 #B94073

analogous

#40B94A #40B986 #40B0B9

triadic

#40B986 #8640B9 #B98640

tetradic

#40B986 #4A40B9 #B94073 #B0B940

square

#40B986 #4A40B9 #B94073 #B0B940

split-complementary

#40B986 #B940B0 #B94A40

monochromatic

#215E44 #308C65 #40B986 #6BCCA3 #98DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#40B986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B986

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B986	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)

#B6AC83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfa9',
    500: '#40b986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b986;
$custom-light: #82cfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.711,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B986

secondary

#C78EA6

accent

#5089D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B986

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

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