#40B2B8#40B2B8

#40B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2B8
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -29.57, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 32.10, 202.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0946 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.101 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6827, 36.3885, 50.9556)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2B8 #B84640

analogous

#40B882 #40B2B8 #4076B8

triadic

#40B2B8 #B840B2 #B2B840

tetradic

#40B2B8 #8240B8 #B84640 #76B840

square

#40B2B8 #8240B8 #B84640 #76B840

split-complementary

#40B2B8 #B84076 #B88240

monochromatic

#205A5D #30868B #40B2B8 #6AC6CB #97D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#40B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#40B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2B8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2B8	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9cd',
    500: '#40b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2b8;
$custom-light: #84c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2B8

secondary

#C7908D

accent

#5750D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2B8

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

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