#40BAC9#40BAC9

#40BAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC9
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -28.46, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 33.36, 211.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0956 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.107 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2113, 40.4214, 61.4569)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC9 #C94F40

analogous

#40C993 #40BAC9 #4076C9

triadic

#40BAC9 #C940BA #BAC940

tetradic

#40BAC9 #9340C9 #C94F40 #76C940

square

#40BAC9 #9340C9 #C94F40 #76C940

split-complementary

#40BAC9 #C94076 #C99340

monochromatic

#1F666F #2D929F #40BAC9 #70CBD6 #9FDCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfd9',
    500: '#40bac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac9;
$custom-light: #87cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC9

secondary

#D09B94

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC9

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

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