#40B5AD#40B5AD

#40B5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5AD
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -34.13, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 34.58, 189.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1025 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.104 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1776, 37.1520, 45.3185)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5AD #B54048

analogous

#40B572 #40B5AD #4083B5

triadic

#40B5AD #AD40B5 #B5AD40

tetradic

#40B5AD #7240B5 #B54048 #83B540

square

#40B5AD #7240B5 #B54048 #83B540

split-complementary

#40B5AD #B54083 #B57240

monochromatic

#205B57 #308882 #40B5AD #68CAC3 #96DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#40B5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5AD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5AD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc5',
    500: '#40b5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5ad;
$custom-light: #84cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.897,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5AD

secondary

#C58B8F

accent

#505AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5AD

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

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