#40BCAB#40BCAB

#40BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCAB
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -37.90, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.93, 182.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1108 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.111 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4448, 39.9937, 44.7933)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCAB #BC4051

analogous

#40BC6D #40BCAB #408FBC

triadic

#40BCAB #AB40BC #BCAB40

tetradic

#40BCAB #6D40BC #BC4051 #8FBC40

square

#40BCAB #6D40BC #BC4051 #8FBC40

split-complementary

#40BCAB #BC408F #BC6D40

monochromatic

#216158 #308E81 #40BCAB #6CCDC0 #9ADDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#40BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCAB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCAB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c3',
    500: '#40bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcab;
$custom-light: #84d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72294,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCAB

secondary

#C98F97

accent

#4F62D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCAB

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

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