#40B9AA#40B9AA

#40B9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9AA
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -36.80, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 36.87, 183.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1081 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.108 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7156, 38.6872, 44.0818)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9AA #B9404F

analogous

#40B96E #40B9AA #408CB9

triadic

#40B9AA #AA40B9 #B9AA40

tetradic

#40B9AA #6E40B9 #B9404F #8CB940

square

#40B9AA #6E40B9 #B9404F #8CB940

split-complementary

#40B9AA #B9408C #B96E40

monochromatic

#215E56 #308C80 #40B9AA #6BCCC0 #98DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#40B9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#40B9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9AA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9AA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec3',
    500: '#40b9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9aa;
$custom-light: #84cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.562,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9AA

secondary

#C78E95

accent

#5061D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9AA

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

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