#40BAB8#40BAB8

#40BAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB8
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -33.41, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 34.57, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1029 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.106 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3211, 39.6653, 51.5017)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB8 #BA4042

analogous

#40BA7B #40BAB8 #407FBA

triadic

#40BAB8 #B840BA #BAB840

tetradic

#40BAB8 #7B40BA #BA4042 #7FBA40

square

#40BAB8 #7B40BA #BA4042 #7FBA40

split-complementary

#40BAB8 #BA407F #BA7B40

monochromatic

#215F5E #308C8B #40BAB8 #6BCCCB #99DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#40BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB8

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB8	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfcd',
    500: '#40bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab8;
$custom-light: #85cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB8

secondary

#C88E8F

accent

#4F52D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB8

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

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