#40BAA9#40BAA9

#40BAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAA9
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 9.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -37.53, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 37.55, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1096 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.11 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8313, 39.0694, 43.6555)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAA9 #BA4051

analogous

#40BA6C #40BAA9 #408EBA

triadic

#40BAA9 #A940BA #BAA940

tetradic

#40BAA9 #6C40BA #BA4051 #8EBA40

square

#40BAA9 #6C40BA #BA4051 #8EBA40

split-complementary

#40BAA9 #BA408E #BA6C40

monochromatic

#215F56 #308C80 #40BAA9 #6BCCBF #99DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40BAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#40BAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAA9

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAA9	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40baa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfc2',
    500: '#40baa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40baa9;
$custom-light: #84cfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40baa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAA9

secondary

#C88E96

accent

#4F63D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAA9

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

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