#40B4AA#40B4AA

#40B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4AA
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -34.49, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 34.78, 187.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.1028 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.104 187)
XYZ	xyz(25.6880, 36.6320, 43.7393)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4AA #B4404A

analogous

#40B470 #40B4AA #4084B4

triadic

#40B4AA #AA40B4 #B4AA40

tetradic

#40B4AA #7040B4 #B4404A #84B440

square

#40B4AA #7040B4 #B4404A #84B440

split-complementary

#40B4AA #B44084 #B47040

monochromatic

#205A55 #30877F #40B4AA #68C9C1 #95D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#40B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#40B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4AA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4AA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbc3',
    500: '#40b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4aa;
$custom-light: #83cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.36635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4AA

secondary

#C58B90

accent

#515CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4AA

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

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