#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
RGBrgb(64, 186, 198)
HSLhsl(185, 54%, 51%)
HSVhsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.67, -29.36, -15.91)
CIE-LCHlch(69.67, 33.39, 208.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.73% -0.0969 -0.0441)
OKLCHoklch(72.73% 0.106 204.5)
XYZxyz(29.8619, 40.2816, 59.6165)
Luminance0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40BAC61.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

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

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#40BAC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva