#40B7B2#40B7B2

#40B7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.104 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7B2
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -33.68, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 34.44, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1024 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.104 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0801, 38.1683, 48.0509)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7B2 #B74045

analogous

#40B776 #40B7B2 #4080B7

triadic

#40B7B2 #B240B7 #B7B240

tetradic

#40B7B2 #7640B7 #B74045 #80B740

square

#40B7B2 #7640B7 #B74045 #80B740

split-complementary

#40B7B2 #B74080 #B77640

monochromatic

#205C5A #308A86 #40B7B2 #69CBC7 #97DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#40B7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7B2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7B2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.104 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdc9',
    500: '#40b7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7b2;
$custom-light: #84cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7B2

secondary

#C68D8F

accent

#5056D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7B2

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

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