#40B4AE#40B4AE

#40B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4AE
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -33.38, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 34.01, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1011 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.103 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0721, 36.7856, 45.7625)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4AE #B44046

analogous

#40B474 #40B4AE #4080B4

triadic

#40B4AE #AE40B4 #B4AE40

tetradic

#40B4AE #7440B4 #B44046 #80B440

square

#40B4AE #7440B4 #B44046 #80B440

split-complementary

#40B4AE #B44080 #B47440

monochromatic

#205A57 #308782 #40B4AE #68C9C4 #95D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#40B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#40B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4AE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4AE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc6',
    500: '#40b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4ae;
$custom-light: #84cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70413,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4AE

secondary

#C58B8E

accent

#5158D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4AE

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

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