#40BABC#40BABC

#40BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BABC
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -32.27, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 34.06, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1011 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7463, 39.8354, 53.7412)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BABC #BC4240

analogous

#40BC80 #40BABC #407CBC

triadic

#40BABC #BC40BA #BABC40

tetradic

#40BABC #8040BC #BC4240 #7CBC40

square

#40BABC #8040BC #BC4240 #7CBC40

split-complementary

#40BABC #BC407C #BC8040

monochromatic

#216061 #308D8E #40BABC #6CCBCD #9ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#40BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BABC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BABC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfd0',
    500: '#40babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40babc;
$custom-light: #85cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BABC

secondary

#C9908F

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BABC

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

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