#40B992#40B992

#40B992 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B992
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 146)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 21.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -42.86, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 44.03, 166.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.1192 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.122 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6490, 37.8606, 33.1973)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B992 #B94067

analogous

#40B956 #40B992 #40A4B9

triadic

#40B992 #9240B9 #B99240

tetradic

#40B992 #5640B9 #B94067 #A4B940

square

#40B992 #5640B9 #B94067 #A4B940

split-complementary

#40B992 #B940A4 #B95640

monochromatic

#215E4A #308C6E #40B992 #6BCCAC #98DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#40B992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B992

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B992	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)

#B5AD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb2',
    500: '#40b992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b992;
$custom-light: #83cfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.661,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B992

secondary

#C78EA0

accent

#507CD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B992

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

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