#40BAAE#40BAAE

#40BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAAE
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -36.18, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 36.38, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1073 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.108 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3097, 39.2608, 46.1750)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAAE #BA404C

analogous

#40BA71 #40BAAE #4089BA

triadic

#40BAAE #AE40BA #BAAE40

tetradic

#40BAAE #7140BA #BA404C #89BA40

square

#40BAAE #7140BA #BA404C #89BA40

split-complementary

#40BAAE #BA4089 #BA7140

monochromatic

#215F59 #308C83 #40BAAE #6BCCC3 #99DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#40BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAAE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAAE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfc6',
    500: '#40baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40baae;
$custom-light: #84cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAAE

secondary

#C88E94

accent

#4F5DD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAAE

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

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