#40ABA6#40ABA6

#40ABA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.097 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABA6
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -31.33, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 32.00, 191.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0951 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.097 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5571, 32.9665, 41.1907)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABA6 #AB4045

analogous

#40AB70 #40ABA6 #407AAB

triadic

#40ABA6 #A640AB #ABA640

tetradic

#40ABA6 #7040AB #AB4045 #7AAB40

square

#40ABA6 #7040AB #AB4045 #7AAB40

split-complementary

#40ABA6 #AB407A #AB7040

monochromatic

#1F5250 #2F7E7B #40ABA6 #63C5C0 #90D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#40ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABA6

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABA6	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.097 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4c0',
    500: '#40aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aba6;
$custom-light: #82c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67917,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABA6

secondary

#C18689

accent

#5359D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABA6

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

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