#40BA9E#40BA9E

#40BA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BA9E
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -40.37, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 40.60, 173.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1147 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.115 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8418, 38.6736, 38.4440)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BA9E #BA405C

analogous

#40BA61 #40BA9E #4099BA

triadic

#40BA9E #9E40BA #BA9E40

tetradic

#40BA9E #6140BA #BA405C #99BA40

square

#40BA9E #6140BA #BA405C #99BA40

split-complementary

#40BA9E #BA4099 #BA6140

monochromatic

#215F51 #308C77 #40BA9E #6BCCB6 #99DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#40BA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#40BA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BA9E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BA9E	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)

#B4AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfba',
    500: '#40ba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ba9e;
$custom-light: #83cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BA9E

secondary

#C88E9B

accent

#4F6FD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BA9E

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

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