#40BAB2#40BAB2

#40BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB2
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -35.09, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.57, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1055 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.107 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7055, 39.4191, 48.2594)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB2 #BA4048

analogous

#40BA75 #40BAB2 #4085BA

triadic

#40BAB2 #B240BA #BAB240

tetradic

#40BAB2 #7540BA #BA4048 #85BA40

square

#40BAB2 #7540BA #BA4048 #85BA40

split-complementary

#40BAB2 #BA4085 #BA7540

monochromatic

#215F5B #308C86 #40BAB2 #6BCCC6 #99DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#40BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B0B0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc9',
    500: '#40bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab2;
$custom-light: #85cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB2

secondary

#C88E92

accent

#4F58D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB2

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

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