#40B994#40B994

#40B994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B994
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 20%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -42.39, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 43.34, 167.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.1183 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.121 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8059, 37.9233, 34.0239)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B994 #B94065

analogous

#40B958 #40B994 #40A2B9

triadic

#40B994 #9440B9 #B99440

tetradic

#40B994 #5840B9 #B94065 #A2B940

square

#40B994 #5840B9 #B94065 #A2B940

split-complementary

#40B994 #B940A2 #B95840

monochromatic

#215E4B #308C70 #40B994 #6BCCAE #98DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#40B994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B994

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B994	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb3',
    500: '#40b994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b994;
$custom-light: #83cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.653,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B994

secondary

#C78E9F

accent

#5079D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B994

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

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