#40B993#40B993

#40B993 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B993
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 147)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 20.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -42.62, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 43.68, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1188 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.121 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7271, 37.8918, 33.6088)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B993 #B94066

analogous

#40B957 #40B993 #40A3B9

triadic

#40B993 #9340B9 #B99340

tetradic

#40B993 #5740B9 #B94066 #A3B940

square

#40B993 #5740B9 #B94066 #A3B940

split-complementary

#40B993 #B940A3 #B95740

monochromatic

#215E4B #308C6F #40B993 #6BCCAD #98DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#40B993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B993

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B993	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb2',
    500: '#40b993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b993;
$custom-light: #83cfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.157,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B993

secondary

#C78EA0

accent

#507BD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B993

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

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