#40BAB4#40BAB4

#40BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB4
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -34.53, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 35.21, 191.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1046 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.106 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9077, 39.5000, 49.3246)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB4 #BA4046

analogous

#40BA77 #40BAB4 #4083BA

triadic

#40BAB4 #B440BA #BAB440

tetradic

#40BAB4 #7740BA #BA4046 #83BA40

square

#40BAB4 #7740BA #BA4046 #83BA40

split-complementary

#40BAB4 #BA4083 #BA7740

monochromatic

#215F5C #308C88 #40BAB4 #6BCCC7 #99DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#40BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfca',
    500: '#40bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab4;
$custom-light: #85cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB4

secondary

#C88E91

accent

#4F56D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB4

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

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