#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
RGBrgb(64, 181, 173)
HSLhsl(176, 48%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 65%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(67.39, -34.13, -5.55)
CIE-LCHlch(67.39, 34.58, 189.23°)
OKLaboklab(70.63% -0.1025 -0.0156)
OKLCHoklch(70.63% 0.104 188.6)
XYZxyz(26.1776, 37.1520, 45.3185)
Luminance0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40B5AD1.002.498.438.43
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4321.001.001.00
##0000008.4321.001.001.00

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

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#40B5AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva