#40BABE#40BABE

#40BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BABE
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -31.70, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 33.86, 200.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1003 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.106 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9634, 39.9222, 54.8845)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BABE #BE4440

analogous

#40BE83 #40BABE #407BBE

triadic

#40BABE #BE40BA #BABE40

tetradic

#40BABE #8340BE #BE4440 #7BBE40

square

#40BABE #8340BE #BE4440 #7BBE40

split-complementary

#40BABE #BE407B #BE8340

monochromatic

#216062 #318D90 #40BABE #6DCBCE #9BDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#40BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BABE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BABE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd1',
    500: '#40babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40babe;
$custom-light: #86cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BABE

secondary

#C99290

accent

#534FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BABE

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

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