#40AAB9#40AAB9

#40AAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAB9
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -25.31, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 30.29, 213.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0858 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.097 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2423, 33.3395, 50.9944)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAB9 #B94F40

analogous

#40B98C #40AAB9 #406EB9

triadic

#40AAB9 #B940AA #AAB940

tetradic

#40AAB9 #8C40B9 #B94F40 #6EB940

square

#40AAB9 #8C40B9 #B94F40 #6EB940

split-complementary

#40AAB9 #B9406E #B98C40

monochromatic

#21565E #30808C #40AAB9 #6BC0CC #98D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40AAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#40AAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAB9

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAB9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3ce',
    500: '#40aab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aab9;
$custom-light: #83c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68361,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAB9

secondary

#C7958E

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAB9

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

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