#40BBAF#40BBAF

#40BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBAF
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -36.37, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 36.58, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1079 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.108 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6190, 39.7227, 46.7608)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBAF #BB404C

analogous

#40BB72 #40BBAF #408ABB

triadic

#40BBAF #AF40BB #BBAF40

tetradic

#40BBAF #7240BB #BB404C #8ABB40

square

#40BBAF #7240BB #BB404C #8ABB40

split-complementary

#40BBAF #BB408A #BB7240

monochromatic

#21605A #308D84 #40BBAF #6CCDC3 #99DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#40BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBAF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBAF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 185.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBAF

secondary

#C88F94

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBAF

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

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