#40B98E#40B98E

#40B98E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B98E
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 23.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -43.80, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 45.45, 164.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.1211 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.125 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3432, 37.7383, 31.5872)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B98E #B9406B

analogous

#40B952 #40B98E #40A8B9

triadic

#40B98E #8E40B9 #B98E40

tetradic

#40B98E #5240B9 #B9406B #A8B940

square

#40B98E #5240B9 #B9406B #A8B940

split-complementary

#40B98E #B940A8 #B95240

monochromatic

#215E48 #308C6B #40B98E #6BCCA9 #98DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#40B98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B98E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B98E	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfaf',
    500: '#40b98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b98e;
$custom-light: #83cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.678,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7072,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B98E

secondary

#C78EA2

accent

#5080D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B98E

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

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