#40B5AF#40B5AF

#40B5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5AF
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -33.58, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 34.21, 191.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1017 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.103 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3726, 37.2300, 46.3453)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5AF #B54046

analogous

#40B574 #40B5AF #4080B5

triadic

#40B5AF #AF40B5 #B5AF40

tetradic

#40B5AF #7440B5 #B54046 #80B540

square

#40B5AF #7440B5 #B54046 #80B540

split-complementary

#40B5AF #B54080 #B57440

monochromatic

#205B58 #308883 #40B5AF #68CAC5 #96DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#40B5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5AF

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5AF	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc6',
    500: '#40b5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5af;
$custom-light: #84cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5AF

secondary

#C58B8E

accent

#5057D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5AF

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

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