#40BAB9#40BAB9

#40BAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAB9
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -33.13, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 34.43, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1024 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.106 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4263, 39.7074, 52.0557)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAB9 #BA4041

analogous

#40BA7C #40BAB9 #407EBA

triadic

#40BAB9 #B940BA #BAB940

tetradic

#40BAB9 #7C40BA #BA4041 #7EBA40

square

#40BAB9 #7C40BA #BA4041 #7EBA40

split-complementary

#40BAB9 #BA407E #BA7C40

monochromatic

#215F5E #308C8C #40BAB9 #6BCCCB #99DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#40BAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAB9

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAB9	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfce',
    500: '#40bab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bab9;
$custom-light: #85cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.508,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72261,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAB9

secondary

#C88E8F

accent

#4F51D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAB9

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

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