#40AB9D#40AB9D

#40AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.099 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AB9D
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -33.80, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 33.85, 183.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0992 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.099 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7603, 32.6477, 36.9939)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AB9D #AB404E

analogous

#40AB67 #40AB9D #4083AB

triadic

#40AB9D #9D40AB #AB9D40

tetradic

#40AB9D #6740AB #AB404E #83AB40

square

#40AB9D #6740AB #AB404E #83AB40

split-complementary

#40AB9D #AB4083 #AB6740

monochromatic

#1F524B #2F7E74 #40AB9D #63C5B8 #90D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#40AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AB9D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AB9D	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.099 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4b9',
    500: '#40ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ab9d;
$custom-light: #81c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67621,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AB9D

secondary

#C1868E

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AB9D

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

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