#40B4A4#40B4A4

#40B4A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4A4
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -36.11, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 36.13, 182.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.1056 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.106 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1333, 36.4101, 40.8180)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4A4 #B44050

analogous

#40B46A #40B4A4 #408AB4

triadic

#40B4A4 #A440B4 #B4A440

tetradic

#40B4A4 #6A40B4 #B44050 #8AB440

square

#40B4A4 #6A40B4 #B44050 #8AB440

split-complementary

#40B4A4 #B4408A #B46A40

monochromatic

#205A52 #30877B #40B4A4 #68C9BC #95D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#40B4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#40B4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4A4

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4A4	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)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbbe',
    500: '#40b4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4a4;
$custom-light: #83cbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4A4

secondary

#C58B93

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4A4

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

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