#40BAC0#40BAC0

#40BAC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC0
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -31.12, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 33.69, 202.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0994 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1835, 40.0103, 56.0437)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC0 #C04640

analogous

#40C086 #40BAC0 #407AC0

triadic

#40BAC0 #C040BA #BAC040

tetradic

#40BAC0 #8640C0 #C04640 #7AC040

square

#40BAC0 #8640C0 #C04640 #7AC040

split-complementary

#40BAC0 #C0407A #C08640

monochromatic

#216164 #308E92 #40BAC0 #6ECBCF #9CDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#40BAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC0

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC0	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd3',
    500: '#40bac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac0;
$custom-light: #86cfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC0

secondary

#CB9491

accent

#544EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC0

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

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