#40B2BA#40B2BA

#40B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2BA
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -28.99, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 31.98, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0937 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8938, 36.4730, 52.0675)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2BA #BA4840

analogous

#40BA85 #40B2BA #4075BA

triadic

#40B2BA #BA40B2 #B2BA40

tetradic

#40B2BA #8540BA #BA4840 #75BA40

square

#40B2BA #8540BA #BA4840 #75BA40

split-complementary

#40B2BA #BA4075 #BA8540

monochromatic

#215B5F #30868C #40B2BA #6BC6CC #99D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#40B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#40B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2BA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2BA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9ce',
    500: '#40b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2ba;
$custom-light: #84c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2BA

secondary

#C8928E

accent

#584FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2BA

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

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