#40CAB8#40CAB8

#40CAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAB8
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -40.75, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 40.79, 182.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.1192 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.119 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8825, 46.7881, 52.6888)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAB8 #CA4052

analogous

#40CA73 #40CAB8 #4097CA

triadic

#40CAB8 #B840CA #CAB840

tetradic

#40CAB8 #7340CA #CA4052 #97CA40

square

#40CAB8 #7340CA #CA4052 #97CA40

split-complementary

#40CAB8 #CA4097 #CA7340

monochromatic

#1F7066 #2CA091 #40CAB8 #70D7CA #A0E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40CAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#40CAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAB8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAB8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbcd',
    500: '#40cab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cab8;
$custom-light: #87dbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAB8

secondary

#D1959D

accent

#485CE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAB8

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

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