#40ABB5#40ABB5

#40ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABB5
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -27.01, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 30.49, 207.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0886 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.097 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0142, 33.5493, 48.8645)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABB5 #B54A40

analogous

#40B584 #40ABB5 #4070B5

triadic

#40ABB5 #B540AB #ABB540

tetradic

#40ABB5 #8440B5 #B54A40 #70B540

square

#40ABB5 #8440B5 #B54A40 #70B540

split-complementary

#40ABB5 #B54070 #B58440

monochromatic

#20565B #308088 #40ABB5 #68C1CA #96D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#40ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABB5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABB5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4cb',
    500: '#40abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abb5;
$custom-light: #83c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68452,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABB5

secondary

#C5908B

accent

#5C50D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABB5

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

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