#40B8AE#40B8AE

#40B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8AE
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -35.26, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 35.57, 187.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1052 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.106 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8913, 38.4240, 46.0355)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8AE #B8404A

analogous

#40B872 #40B8AE #4086B8

triadic

#40B8AE #AE40B8 #B8AE40

tetradic

#40B8AE #7240B8 #B8404A #86B840

square

#40B8AE #7240B8 #B8404A #86B840

split-complementary

#40B8AE #B84086 #B87240

monochromatic

#205D58 #308B83 #40B8AE #6ACBC3 #97DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#40B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#40B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8AE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8AE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec6',
    500: '#40b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8ae;
$custom-light: #84cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8AE

secondary

#C78D92

accent

#505BD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8AE

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

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