#40BAB1#40BAB1

#40BAB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB1
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -35.36, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 35.77, 188.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.106 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.107 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6054, 39.3791, 47.7325)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB1 #BA4049

analogous

#40BA74 #40BAB1 #4086BA

triadic

#40BAB1 #B140BA #BAB140

tetradic

#40BAB1 #7440BA #BA4049 #86BA40

square

#40BAB1 #7440BA #BA4049 #86BA40

split-complementary

#40BAB1 #BA4086 #BA7440

monochromatic

#215F5A #308C86 #40BAB1 #6BCCC5 #99DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BAB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#40BAB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB1

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB1	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfc8',
    500: '#40bab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab1;
$custom-light: #84cfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71992,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB1

secondary

#C88E92

accent

#4F5AD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB1

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

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