#40BA9B#40BA9B

#40BA9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BA9B
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -41.12, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 41.54, 171.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1161 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.117 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5867, 38.5716, 37.1006)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BA9B #BA405F

analogous

#40BA5E #40BA9B #409CBA

triadic

#40BA9B #9B40BA #BA9B40

tetradic

#40BA9B #5E40BA #BA405F #9CBA40

square

#40BA9B #5E40BA #BA405F #9CBA40

split-complementary

#40BA9B #BA409C #BA5E40

monochromatic

#215F4F #308C75 #40BA9B #6BCCB3 #99DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40BA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#40BA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BA9B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BA9B	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ba9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb8',
    500: '#40ba9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ba9b;
$custom-light: #83cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ba9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.754,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71321,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BA9B

secondary

#C88E9D

accent

#4F72D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BA9B

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

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