#40B99F#40B99F

#40B99F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B99F
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -39.67, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 39.82, 175.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1131 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.113 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7183, 38.2883, 38.8292)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B99F #B9405A

analogous

#40B963 #40B99F #4097B9

triadic

#40B99F #9F40B9 #B99F40

tetradic

#40B99F #6340B9 #B9405A #97B940

square

#40B99F #6340B9 #B9405A #97B940

split-complementary

#40B99F #B94097 #B96340

monochromatic

#215E51 #308C78 #40B99F #6BCCB7 #98DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#40B99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B99F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B99F	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfbb',
    500: '#40b99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b99f;
$custom-light: #83cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.107,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B99F

secondary

#C78E9A

accent

#506DD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B99F

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

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