#40A8BA#40A8BA

#40A8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.097 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8BA
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -23.99, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 30.03, 216.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0833 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.097 211)
XYZ	xyz(24.9762, 32.6377, 51.4283)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8BA #BA5240

analogous

#40BA8F #40A8BA #406BBA

triadic

#40A8BA #BA40A8 #A8BA40

tetradic

#40A8BA #8F40BA #BA5240 #6BBA40

square

#40A8BA #8F40BA #BA5240 #6BBA40

split-complementary

#40A8BA #BA406B #BA8F40

monochromatic

#21565F #307F8C #40A8BA #6BBECC #99D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#40A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8BA

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8BA	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.097 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2ce',
    500: '#40a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8ba;
$custom-light: #83c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67914,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.3264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8BA

secondary

#C8978E

accent

#644FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8BA

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

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