#40B5AA#40B5AA

#40B5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5AA
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -34.95, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.18, 186.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.1039 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.105 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8906, 37.0372, 43.8068)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5AA #B5404B

analogous

#40B56F #40B5AA #4085B5

triadic

#40B5AA #AA40B5 #B5AA40

tetradic

#40B5AA #6F40B5 #B5404B #85B540

square

#40B5AA #6F40B5 #B5404B #85B540

split-complementary

#40B5AA #B54085 #B56F40

monochromatic

#205B55 #308880 #40B5AA #68CAC1 #96DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#40B5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5AA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5AA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbc3',
    500: '#40b5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5aa;
$custom-light: #83cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.359,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5AA

secondary

#C58B91

accent

#505DD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5AA

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

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