#40BAAD#40BAAD

#40BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAAD
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -36.45, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 36.60, 185.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1078 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.108 185)
XYZ	xyz(27.2126, 39.2219, 45.6635)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAAD #BA404D

analogous

#40BA70 #40BAAD #408ABA

triadic

#40BAAD #AD40BA #BAAD40

tetradic

#40BAAD #7040BA #BA404D #8ABA40

square

#40BAAD #7040BA #BA404D #8ABA40

split-complementary

#40BAAD #BA408A #BA7040

monochromatic

#215F58 #308C83 #40BAAD #6BCCC2 #99DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#40BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAAD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAAD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfc5',
    500: '#40baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40baad;
$custom-light: #84cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAAD

secondary

#C88E94

accent

#4F5ED8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAAD

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

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