#40BAC4#40BAC4

#40BAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC4
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -29.95, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 33.46, 206.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0977 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6327, 40.1900, 58.4096)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC4 #C44A40

analogous

#40C48C #40BAC4 #4078C4

triadic

#40BAC4 #C440BA #BAC440

tetradic

#40BAC4 #8C40C4 #C44A40 #78C440

square

#40BAC4 #8C40C4 #C44A40 #78C440

split-complementary

#40BAC4 #C44078 #C48C40

monochromatic

#206469 #2F9098 #40BAC4 #6FCBD2 #9EDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#40BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC4	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd5',
    500: '#40bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac4;
$custom-light: #86cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC4

secondary

#CD9793

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC4

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

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