#40B6AE#40B6AE

#40B6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6AE
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -34.32, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 34.78, 189.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1031 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.104 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4788, 37.5990, 45.8980)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6AE #B64048

analogous

#40B673 #40B6AE #4083B6

triadic

#40B6AE #AE40B6 #B6AE40

tetradic

#40B6AE #7340B6 #B64048 #83B640

square

#40B6AE #7340B6 #B64048 #83B640

split-complementary

#40B6AE #B64083 #B67340

monochromatic

#205B57 #308983 #40B6AE #69CAC4 #96DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#40B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6AE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6AE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccc6',
    500: '#40b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6ae;
$custom-light: #84ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6AE

secondary

#C68C90

accent

#5059D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6AE

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

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