#40B2B2#40B2B2

#40B2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2B2
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -31.30, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 32.70, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0972 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.101 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0671, 36.1423, 47.7132)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2B2 #B24040

analogous

#40B279 #40B2B2 #4079B2

triadic

#40B2B2 #B240B2 #B2B240

tetradic

#40B2B2 #7940B2 #B24040 #79B240

square

#40B2B2 #7940B2 #B24040 #79B240

split-complementary

#40B2B2 #B24079 #B27940

monochromatic

#205858 #308585 #40B2B2 #67C8C8 #94D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#40B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2B2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2B2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c9',
    500: '#40b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2b2;
$custom-light: #84c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2B2

secondary

#C48A8A

accent

#5151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2B2

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

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