#40ABB6#40ABB6

#40ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABB6
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -26.71, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 30.47, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0881 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1172, 33.5905, 49.4068)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABB6 #B64B40

analogous

#40B686 #40ABB6 #4070B6

triadic

#40ABB6 #B640AB #ABB640

tetradic

#40ABB6 #8640B6 #B64B40 #70B640

square

#40ABB6 #8640B6 #B64B40 #70B640

split-complementary

#40ABB6 #B64070 #B68640

monochromatic

#20565B #308089 #40ABB6 #69C1CA #96D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#40ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABB6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABB6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4cb',
    500: '#40abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abb6;
$custom-light: #83c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6849,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABB6

secondary

#C6918C

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABB6

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

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