#40BAA5#40BAA5

#40BAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAA5
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -38.58, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 38.59, 178.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1114 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.111 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4616, 38.9215, 41.7080)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAA5 #BA4055

analogous

#40BA68 #40BAA5 #4092BA

triadic

#40BAA5 #A540BA #BAA540

tetradic

#40BAA5 #6840BA #BA4055 #92BA40

square

#40BAA5 #6840BA #BA4055 #92BA40

split-complementary

#40BAA5 #BA4092 #BA6840

monochromatic

#215F54 #308C7D #40BAA5 #6BCCBB #99DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40BAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#40BAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAA5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAA5	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)

#B2AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40baa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfbf',
    500: '#40baa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40baa5;
$custom-light: #84cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40baa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAA5

secondary

#C88E98

accent

#4F67D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAA5

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

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