#40B5AE#40B5AE

#40B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5AE
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -33.85, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 34.39, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1021 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.104 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2747, 37.1908, 45.8300)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5AE #B54047

analogous

#40B573 #40B5AE #4081B5

triadic

#40B5AE #AE40B5 #B5AE40

tetradic

#40B5AE #7340B5 #B54047 #81B540

square

#40B5AE #7340B5 #B54047 #81B540

split-complementary

#40B5AE #B54081 #B57340

monochromatic

#205B57 #308883 #40B5AE #68CAC4 #96DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#40B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5AE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5AE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc6',
    500: '#40b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5ae;
$custom-light: #84cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.41,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7066,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5AE

secondary

#C58B8F

accent

#5059D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5AE

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

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