#40A7BA#40A7BA

#40A7BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.097 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7BA
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -23.48, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 29.90, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0823 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.097 212)
XYZ	xyz(24.7923, 32.2699, 51.3670)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7BA #BA5340

analogous

#40BA90 #40A7BA #406ABA

triadic

#40A7BA #BA40A7 #A7BA40

tetradic

#40A7BA #9040BA #BA5340 #6ABA40

square

#40A7BA #9040BA #BA5340 #6ABA40

split-complementary

#40A7BA #BA406A #BA9040

monochromatic

#21555F #307E8C #40A7BA #6BBDCC #99D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#40A7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#40A7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7BA

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7BA	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.097 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1ce',
    500: '#40a7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7ba;
$custom-light: #83c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67672,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7BA

secondary

#C8978E

accent

#654FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7BA

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

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