#40BABD#40BABD

#40BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BABD
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -31.99, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 33.96, 199.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1007 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.106 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8545, 39.8787, 54.3109)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BABD #BD4340

analogous

#40BD82 #40BABD #407CBD

triadic

#40BABD #BD40BA #BABD40

tetradic

#40BABD #8240BD #BD4340 #7CBD40

square

#40BABD #8240BD #BD4340 #7CBD40

split-complementary

#40BABD #BD407C #BD8240

monochromatic

#216062 #318D8F #40BABD #6DCBCD #9ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#40BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BABD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BABD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 197.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BABD

secondary

#C99190

accent

#524FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BABD

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

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