#40BAB0#40BAB0

#40BAB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB0
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -35.64, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 35.96, 187.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1064 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.107 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5061, 39.3393, 47.2095)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB0 #BA404A

analogous

#40BA73 #40BAB0 #4087BA

triadic

#40BAB0 #B040BA #BAB040

tetradic

#40BAB0 #7340BA #BA404A #87BA40

square

#40BAB0 #7340BA #BA404A #87BA40

split-complementary

#40BAB0 #BA4087 #BA7340

monochromatic

#215F5A #308C85 #40BAB0 #6BCCC4 #99DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#40BAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfc7',
    500: '#40bab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab0;
$custom-light: #84cfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71959,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB0

secondary

#C88E93

accent

#4F5BD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB0

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

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