#40B987#40B987

#40B987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B987
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -45.37, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 48.02, 160.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1245 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.131 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8341, 37.5346, 28.9058)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B987 #B94072

analogous

#40B94B #40B987 #40AFB9

triadic

#40B987 #8740B9 #B98740

tetradic

#40B987 #4B40B9 #B94072 #AFB940

square

#40B987 #4B40B9 #B94072 #AFB940

split-complementary

#40B987 #B940AF #B94B40

monochromatic

#215E45 #308C66 #40B987 #6BCCA4 #98DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#40B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B987

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B987	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfaa',
    500: '#40b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b987;
$custom-light: #82cfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.207,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70546,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B987

secondary

#C78EA5

accent

#5088D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B987

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

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