#40B9BA#40B9BA

#40B9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9BA
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -32.37, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 33.98, 197.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.101 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.105 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3223, 39.3299, 52.5436)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9BA #BA4140

analogous

#40BA7E #40B9BA #407CBA

triadic

#40B9BA #BA40B9 #B9BA40

tetradic

#40B9BA #7E40BA #BA4140 #7CBA40

square

#40B9BA #7E40BA #BA4140 #7CBA40

split-complementary

#40B9BA #BA407C #BA7E40

monochromatic

#215E5F #308C8C #40B9BA #6BCBCC #99DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40B9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#40B9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9BA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9BA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cece',
    500: '#40b9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9ba;
$custom-light: #85cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72051,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9BA

secondary

#C88F8E

accent

#514FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9BA

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

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