#40ABB8#40ABB8

#40ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABB8
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -26.11, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 30.46, 210.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0873 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.098 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3253, 33.6737, 50.5031)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABB8 #B84D40

analogous

#40B889 #40ABB8 #406FB8

triadic

#40ABB8 #B840AB #ABB840

tetradic

#40ABB8 #8940B8 #B84D40 #6FB840

square

#40ABB8 #8940B8 #B84D40 #6FB840

split-complementary

#40ABB8 #B8406F #B88940

monochromatic

#20575D #30818B #40ABB8 #6AC1CB #97D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#40ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABB8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABB8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4cd',
    500: '#40abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abb8;
$custom-light: #83c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABB8

secondary

#C7938D

accent

#5F50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABB8

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

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