#40B5AC#40B5AC

#40B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5AC
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -34.41, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 34.77, 188.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.103 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.104 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0812, 37.1134, 44.8108)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5AC #B54049

analogous

#40B572 #40B5AC #4083B5

triadic

#40B5AC #AC40B5 #B5AC40

tetradic

#40B5AC #7240B5 #B54049 #83B540

square

#40B5AC #7240B5 #B54049 #83B540

split-complementary

#40B5AC #B54083 #B57240

monochromatic

#205B56 #308881 #40B5AC #68CAC2 #96DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#40B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5AC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5AC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbc4',
    500: '#40b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5ac;
$custom-light: #83cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5AC

secondary

#C58B90

accent

#505BD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5AC

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

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