#40ABB9#40ABB9

#40ABB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABB9
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -25.81, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 30.47, 212.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0869 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.098 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4305, 33.7158, 51.0571)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABB9 #B94E40

analogous

#40B98B #40ABB9 #406FB9

triadic

#40ABB9 #B940AB #ABB940

tetradic

#40ABB9 #8B40B9 #B94E40 #6FB940

square

#40ABB9 #8B40B9 #B94E40 #6FB940

split-complementary

#40ABB9 #B9406F #B98B40

monochromatic

#21575E #30818C #40ABB9 #6BC0CC #98D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40ABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#40ABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABB9

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABB9	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)

#9DA5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4ce',
    500: '#40abb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abb9;
$custom-light: #84c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABB9

secondary

#C7948E

accent

#5F50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABB9

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

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