#40B8B2#40B8B2

#40B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.105 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8B2
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -34.15, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 34.81, 191.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1034 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.105 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2871, 38.5823, 48.1199)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8B2 #B84046

analogous

#40B876 #40B8B2 #4082B8

triadic

#40B8B2 #B240B8 #B8B240

tetradic

#40B8B2 #7640B8 #B84046 #82B840

square

#40B8B2 #7640B8 #B84046 #82B840

split-complementary

#40B8B2 #B84082 #B87640

monochromatic

#205D5A #308B86 #40B8B2 #6ACBC6 #97DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#40B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8B2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8B2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.105 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec9',
    500: '#40b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8b2;
$custom-light: #84cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8B2

secondary

#C78D90

accent

#5057D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8B2

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

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