#40A0AC#40A0AC

#40A0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0AC
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -24.15, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 28.22, 211.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0807 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.09 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1284, 29.2078, 43.4932)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0AC #AC4C40

analogous

#40AC82 #40A0AC #406AAC

triadic

#40A0AC #AC40A0 #A0AC40

tetradic

#40A0AC #8240AC #AC4C40 #6AAC40

square

#40A0AC #8240AC #AC4C40 #6AAC40

split-complementary

#40A0AC #AC406A #AC8240

monochromatic

#1F4D53 #2F777F #40A0AC #64BAC5 #91CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#40A0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0AC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0AC	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcc4',
    500: '#40a0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0ac;
$custom-light: #81bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65419,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0AC

secondary

#C18D87

accent

#6152D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0AC

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

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