#40B2A5#40B2A5

#40B2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2A5
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -34.91, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 35.03, 184.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.103 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.103 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8232, 35.6447, 41.1619)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2A5 #B2404D

analogous

#40B26C #40B2A5 #4086B2

triadic

#40B2A5 #A540B2 #B2A540

tetradic

#40B2A5 #6C40B2 #B2404D #86B240

square

#40B2A5 #6C40B2 #B2404D #86B240

split-complementary

#40B2A5 #B24086 #B26C40

monochromatic

#205852 #30857B #40B2A5 #67C8BD #94D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#40B2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2A5

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2A5	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9bf',
    500: '#40b2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2a5;
$custom-light: #83c9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.158,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2A5

secondary

#C48A90

accent

#5160D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2A5

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

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