#40B3BB#40B3BB

#40B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B3BB
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -29.18, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 32.18, 204.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0943 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2002, 36.9150, 52.6959)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B3BB #BB4840

analogous

#40BB85 #40B3BB #4076BB

triadic

#40B3BB #BB40B3 #B3BB40

tetradic

#40B3BB #8540BB #BB4840 #76BB40

square

#40B3BB #8540BB #BB4840 #76BB40

split-complementary

#40B3BB #BB4076 #BB8540

monochromatic

#215C60 #30878D #40B3BB #6CC6CD #99D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#40B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B3BB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B3BB	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cacf',
    500: '#40b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b3bb;
$custom-light: #85cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70625,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B3BB

secondary

#C8928F

accent

#584FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B3BB

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

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