#40B9AC#40B9AC

#40B9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9AC
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -36.26, -3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.41, 185.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1072 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.108 185)
XYZ	xyz(26.9063, 38.7635, 45.0858)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9AC #B9404D

analogous

#40B970 #40B9AC #408AB9

triadic

#40B9AC #AC40B9 #B9AC40

tetradic

#40B9AC #7040B9 #B9404D #8AB940

square

#40B9AC #7040B9 #B9404D #8AB940

split-complementary

#40B9AC #B9408A #B97040

monochromatic

#215E57 #308C82 #40B9AC #6BCCC1 #98DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#40B9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#40B9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9AC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9AC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec4',
    500: '#40b9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9ac;
$custom-light: #84cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.38766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9AC

secondary

#C78E94

accent

#505ED8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9AC

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

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