#40B8A2#40B8A2

#40B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8A2
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -38.46, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 38.48, 177.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1107 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.111 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7733, 37.9768, 40.1474)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8A2 #B84056

analogous

#40B866 #40B8A2 #4092B8

triadic

#40B8A2 #A240B8 #B8A240

tetradic

#40B8A2 #6640B8 #B84056 #92B840

square

#40B8A2 #6640B8 #B84056 #92B840

split-complementary

#40B8A2 #B84092 #B86640

monochromatic

#205D52 #308B7A #40B8A2 #6ACBB9 #97DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#40B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#40B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8A2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8A2	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cebd',
    500: '#40b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8a2;
$custom-light: #83cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71024,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8A2

secondary

#C78D98

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8A2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →