#40BAA4#40BAA4

#40BAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAA4
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 11.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -38.84, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 38.86, 178.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1119 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.112 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3709, 38.8852, 41.2306)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAA4 #BA4056

analogous

#40BA67 #40BAA4 #4093BA

triadic

#40BAA4 #A440BA #BAA440

tetradic

#40BAA4 #6740BA #BA4056 #93BA40

square

#40BAA4 #6740BA #BA4056 #93BA40

split-complementary

#40BAA4 #BA4093 #BA6740

monochromatic

#215F54 #308C7C #40BAA4 #6BCCBB #99DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40BAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#40BAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAA4

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAA4	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40baa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfbe',
    500: '#40baa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40baa4;
$custom-light: #84cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40baa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAA4

secondary

#C88E99

accent

#4F68D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAA4

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

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