#40ABA8#40ABA8

#40ABA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.097 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABA8
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -30.77, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 31.67, 193.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0942 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.097 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7420, 33.0404, 42.1644)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABA8 #AB4043

analogous

#40AB72 #40ABA8 #4078AB

triadic

#40ABA8 #A840AB #ABA840

tetradic

#40ABA8 #7240AB #AB4043 #78AB40

square

#40ABA8 #7240AB #AB4043 #78AB40

split-complementary

#40ABA8 #AB4078 #AB7240

monochromatic

#1F5250 #2F7E7C #40ABA8 #63C5C2 #90D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40ABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#40ABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABA8

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABA8	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.097 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4c1',
    500: '#40aba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aba8;
$custom-light: #82c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67985,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABA8

secondary

#C18688

accent

#5356D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABA8

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

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