#40AABD#40AABD

#40AABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.099 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AABD
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -24.10, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 30.47, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0842 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.099 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6705, 33.5107, 53.2496)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AABD #BD5340

analogous

#40BD92 #40AABD #406CBD

triadic

#40AABD #BD40AA #AABD40

tetradic

#40AABD #9240BD #BD5340 #6CBD40

square

#40AABD #9240BD #BD5340 #6CBD40

split-complementary

#40AABD #BD406C #BD9240

monochromatic

#215862 #31818F #40AABD #6DBFCD #9AD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40AABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#40AABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AABD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AABD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.099 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3d0',
    500: '#40aabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aabd;
$custom-light: #84c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68517,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AABD

secondary

#C99990

accent

#644FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AABD

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

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