#40B9AE#40B9AE

#40B9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9AE
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -35.72, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 35.97, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1063 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.107 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0998, 38.8409, 46.1050)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9AE #B9404B

analogous

#40B972 #40B9AE #4088B9

triadic

#40B9AE #AE40B9 #B9AE40

tetradic

#40B9AE #7240B9 #B9404B #88B940

square

#40B9AE #7240B9 #B9404B #88B940

split-complementary

#40B9AE #B94088 #B97240

monochromatic

#215E58 #308C83 #40B9AE #6BCCC3 #98DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40B9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#40B9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9AE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9AE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec6',
    500: '#40b9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9ae;
$custom-light: #84cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9AE

secondary

#C78E93

accent

#505CD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9AE

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

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