#40BAC6#40BAC6

#40BAC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC6
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -29.36, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 33.39, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0969 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8619, 40.2816, 59.6165)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC6 #C64C40

analogous

#40C68F #40BAC6 #4077C6

triadic

#40BAC6 #C640BA #BAC640

tetradic

#40BAC6 #8F40C6 #C64C40 #77C640

square

#40BAC6 #8F40C6 #C64C40 #77C640

split-complementary

#40BAC6 #C64077 #C68F40

monochromatic

#20656C #2E919B #40BAC6 #6FCBD4 #9EDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#40BAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC6	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd7',
    500: '#40bac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac6;
$custom-light: #86cfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC6

secondary

#CE9993

accent

#584ADD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC6

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

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