#40AAB5#40AAB5

#40AAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.096 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAB5
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -26.51, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 30.27, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0875 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.096 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8260, 33.1729, 48.8017)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAB5 #B54B40

analogous

#40B585 #40AAB5 #406FB5

triadic

#40AAB5 #B540AA #AAB540

tetradic

#40AAB5 #8540B5 #B54B40 #6FB540

square

#40AAB5 #8540B5 #B54B40 #6FB540

split-complementary

#40AAB5 #B5406F #B58540

monochromatic

#20555B #308088 #40AAB5 #68C1CA #96D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40AAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#40AAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAB5

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAB5	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.096 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3cb',
    500: '#40aab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aab5;
$custom-light: #83c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAB5

secondary

#C5918B

accent

#5D50D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAB5

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

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