#40A9BA#40A9BA

#40A9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.098 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A9BA
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -24.50, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 30.17, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0844 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.098 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1615, 33.0083, 51.4900)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A9BA #BA5140

analogous

#40BA8E #40A9BA #406CBA

triadic

#40A9BA #BA40A9 #A9BA40

tetradic

#40A9BA #8E40BA #BA5140 #6CBA40

square

#40A9BA #8E40BA #BA5140 #6CBA40

split-complementary

#40A9BA #BA406C #BA8E40

monochromatic

#21565F #30808C #40A9BA #6BBFCC #99D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40A9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#40A9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A9BA

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A9BA	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.098 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3ce',
    500: '#40a9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a9ba;
$custom-light: #83c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68157,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A9BA

secondary

#C8968E

accent

#634FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A9BA

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

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