#40B3B2#40B3B2

#40B3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B3B2
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -31.78, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 33.03, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0982 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.101 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2668, 36.5416, 47.7798)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B3B2 #B34041

analogous

#40B378 #40B3B2 #407BB3

triadic

#40B3B2 #B240B3 #B3B240

tetradic

#40B3B2 #7840B3 #B34041 #7BB340

square

#40B3B2 #7840B3 #B34041 #7BB340

split-complementary

#40B3B2 #B3407B #B37840

monochromatic

#205958 #308685 #40B3B2 #67C9C8 #94D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#40B3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#40B3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B3B2

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B3B2	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cac9',
    500: '#40b3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b3b2;
$custom-light: #84cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B3B2

secondary

#C48A8B

accent

#5152D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B3B2

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

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