#40B99E#40B99E

#40B99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B99E
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -39.93, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 40.12, 174.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1136 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.114 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6319, 38.2537, 38.3740)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B99E #B9405B

analogous

#40B962 #40B99E #4098B9

triadic

#40B99E #9E40B9 #B99E40

tetradic

#40B99E #6240B9 #B9405B #98B940

square

#40B99E #6240B9 #B9405B #98B940

split-complementary

#40B99E #B94098 #B96240

monochromatic

#215E50 #308C77 #40B99E #6BCCB6 #98DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#40B99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B99E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B99E	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfba',
    500: '#40b99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b99e;
$custom-light: #83cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.612,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B99E

secondary

#C78E9A

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B99E

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

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