#40B5B2#40B5B2

#40B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5B2
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -32.74, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 33.72, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1003 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.103 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6705, 37.3491, 47.9144)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5B2 #B54043

analogous

#40B578 #40B5B2 #407DB5

triadic

#40B5B2 #B240B5 #B5B240

tetradic

#40B5B2 #7840B5 #B54043 #7DB540

square

#40B5B2 #7840B5 #B54043 #7DB540

split-complementary

#40B5B2 #B5407D #B57840

monochromatic

#205B59 #308886 #40B5B2 #68CAC7 #96DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#40B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5B2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5B2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc9',
    500: '#40b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5b2;
$custom-light: #84cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5B2

secondary

#C58B8D

accent

#5054D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5B2

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

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