#40B4B2#40B4B2

#40B4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4B2
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -32.26, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 33.37, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0993 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.102 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4679, 36.9439, 47.8468)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4B2 #B44042

analogous

#40B478 #40B4B2 #407CB4

triadic

#40B4B2 #B240B4 #B4B240

tetradic

#40B4B2 #7840B4 #B44042 #7CB440

square

#40B4B2 #7840B4 #B44042 #7CB440

split-complementary

#40B4B2 #B4407C #B47840

monochromatic

#205A59 #308785 #40B4B2 #68C9C8 #95D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#40B4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4B2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4B2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc9',
    500: '#40b4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4b2;
$custom-light: #84cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4B2

secondary

#C58B8C

accent

#5153D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4B2

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

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