#40A0AD#40A0AD

#40A0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0AD
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -23.85, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 28.24, 212.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0802 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.091 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2248, 29.2464, 44.0009)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0AD #AD4D40

analogous

#40AD84 #40A0AD #406AAD

triadic

#40A0AD #AD40A0 #A0AD40

tetradic

#40A0AD #8440AD #AD4D40 #6AAD40

square

#40A0AD #8440AD #AD4D40 #6AAD40

split-complementary

#40A0AD #AD406A #AD8440

monochromatic

#1F4D54 #2F7780 #40A0AD #64BAC6 #91CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0AD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0AD	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcc5',
    500: '#40a0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0ad;
$custom-light: #81bcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.156,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0AD

secondary

#C28E87

accent

#6252D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0AD

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

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