#40B8AA#40B8AA

#40B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8AA
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -36.34, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 36.44, 184.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.107 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.107 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5072, 38.2703, 44.0124)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8AA #B8404E

analogous

#40B86E #40B8AA #408AB8

triadic

#40B8AA #AA40B8 #B8AA40

tetradic

#40B8AA #6E40B8 #B8404E #8AB840

square

#40B8AA #6E40B8 #B8404E #8AB840

split-complementary

#40B8AA #B8408A #B86E40

monochromatic

#205D56 #308B80 #40B8AA #6ACBC0 #97DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#40B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8AA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8AA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec3',
    500: '#40b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8aa;
$custom-light: #84cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8AA

secondary

#C78D94

accent

#5060D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8AA

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

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