#40AB9C#40AB9C

#40AB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AB9C
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -34.06, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 34.09, 182.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0997 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.1 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6753, 32.6137, 36.5461)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AB9C #AB404F

analogous

#40AB66 #40AB9C #4084AB

triadic

#40AB9C #9C40AB #AB9C40

tetradic

#40AB9C #6640AB #AB404F #84AB40

square

#40AB9C #6640AB #AB404F #84AB40

split-complementary

#40AB9C #AB4084 #AB6640

monochromatic

#1F524B #2F7E73 #40AB9C #63C5B7 #90D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40AB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#40AB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AB9C

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AB9C	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ab9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4b9',
    500: '#40ab9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ab9c;
$custom-light: #81c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ab9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.589,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AB9C

secondary

#C1868E

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AB9C

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

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