#40BBAD#40BBAD

#40BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBAD
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -36.91, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 37.02, 184.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1088 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.109 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4240, 39.6447, 45.7340)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBAD #BB404E

analogous

#40BB70 #40BBAD #408CBB

triadic

#40BBAD #AD40BB #BBAD40

tetradic

#40BBAD #7040BB #BB404E #8CBB40

square

#40BBAD #7040BB #BB404E #8CBB40

split-complementary

#40BBAD #BB408C #BB7040

monochromatic

#216059 #308D83 #40BBAD #6CCDC2 #99DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#40BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBAD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBAD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0c5',
    500: '#40bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbad;
$custom-light: #84d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBAD

secondary

#C88F95

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBAD

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

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