#40B0B2#40B0B2

#40B0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B0B2
RGB	rgb(64, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -30.34, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 32.06, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0951 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.099 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6720, 35.3522, 47.5815)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B0B2 #B24240

analogous

#40B27B #40B0B2 #4077B2

triadic

#40B0B2 #B240B0 #B0B240

tetradic

#40B0B2 #7B40B2 #B24240 #77B240

square

#40B0B2 #7B40B2 #B24240 #77B240

split-complementary

#40B0B2 #B24077 #B27B40

monochromatic

#205758 #308385 #40B0B2 #67C7C8 #94D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#40B0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#40B0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B0B2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B0B2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8c9',
    500: '#40b0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b0b2;
$custom-light: #83c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B0B2

secondary

#C48B8A

accent

#5351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B0B2

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

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