#40B8AB#40B8AB

#40B8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8AB
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -36.07, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 36.21, 185.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.1066 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.107 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6021, 38.3083, 44.5124)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8AB #B8404D

analogous

#40B86F #40B8AB #4089B8

triadic

#40B8AB #AB40B8 #B8AB40

tetradic

#40B8AB #6F40B8 #B8404D #89B840

square

#40B8AB #6F40B8 #B8404D #89B840

split-complementary

#40B8AB #B84089 #B86F40

monochromatic

#205D57 #308B81 #40B8AB #6ACBC1 #97DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#40B8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#40B8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8AB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8AB	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec3',
    500: '#40b8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8ab;
$custom-light: #84cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71303,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8AB

secondary

#C78D93

accent

#505FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8AB

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

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