#40BAC5#40BAC5

#40BAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC5
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -29.65, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 33.42, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0973 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7469, 40.2356, 59.0110)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC5 #C54B40

analogous

#40C58D #40BAC5 #4077C5

triadic

#40BAC5 #C540BA #BAC540

tetradic

#40BAC5 #8D40C5 #C54B40 #77C540

square

#40BAC5 #8D40C5 #C54B40 #77C540

split-complementary

#40BAC5 #C54077 #C58D40

monochromatic

#20646A #2F9099 #40BAC5 #6FCBD3 #9EDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#40BAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd6',
    500: '#40bac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac5;
$custom-light: #86cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC5

secondary

#CE9893

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC5

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

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