#40B995#40B995

#40B995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B995
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 19.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -42.15, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 43.00, 168.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.1178 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.12 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8854, 37.9551, 34.4425)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B995 #B94064

analogous

#40B959 #40B995 #40A1B9

triadic

#40B995 #9540B9 #B99540

tetradic

#40B995 #5940B9 #B94064 #A1B940

square

#40B995 #5940B9 #B94064 #A1B940

split-complementary

#40B995 #B940A1 #B95940

monochromatic

#215E4C #308C70 #40B995 #6BCCAF #98DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#40B995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#40B995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B995

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B995	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B4AD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb4',
    500: '#40b995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b995;
$custom-light: #83cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.149,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B995

secondary

#C78E9F

accent

#5078D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B995

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

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