#40BAB5#40BAB5

#40BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB5
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -34.26, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 35.04, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1042 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.106 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0100, 39.5409, 49.8631)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB5 #BA4045

analogous

#40BA78 #40BAB5 #4082BA

triadic

#40BAB5 #B540BA #BAB540

tetradic

#40BAB5 #7840BA #BA4045 #82BA40

square

#40BAB5 #7840BA #BA4045 #82BA40

split-complementary

#40BAB5 #BA4082 #BA7840

monochromatic

#215F5C #308C89 #40BAB5 #6BCCC8 #99DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#40BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB5	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfcb',
    500: '#40bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab5;
$custom-light: #85cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB5

secondary

#C88E91

accent

#4F55D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB5

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

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