#40ABB4#40ABB4

#40ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABB4
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -27.30, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 30.52, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.089 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(24.9119, 33.5084, 48.3260)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABB4 #B44940

analogous

#40B483 #40ABB4 #4071B4

triadic

#40ABB4 #B440AB #ABB440

tetradic

#40ABB4 #8340B4 #B44940 #71B440

square

#40ABB4 #8340B4 #B44940 #71B440

split-complementary

#40ABB4 #B44071 #B48340

monochromatic

#20555A #308087 #40ABB4 #68C2C9 #95D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#40ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABB4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABB4	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)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4ca',
    500: '#40abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abb4;
$custom-light: #83c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68415,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABB4

secondary

#C58F8B

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABB4

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

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