#40BBAE#40BBAE

#40BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBAE
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -36.64, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 36.80, 185.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1084 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.109 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5211, 39.6836, 46.2455)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBAE #BB404D

analogous

#40BB71 #40BBAE #408ABB

triadic

#40BBAE #AE40BB #BBAE40

tetradic

#40BBAE #7140BB #BB404D #8ABB40

square

#40BBAE #7140BB #BB404D #8ABB40

split-complementary

#40BBAE #BB408A #BB7140

monochromatic

#216059 #308D84 #40BBAE #6CCDC2 #99DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#40BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBAE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBAE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0c6',
    500: '#40bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbae;
$custom-light: #84d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBAE

secondary

#C88F95

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBAE

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

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