#40A0B2#40A0B2

#40A0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.092 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0B2
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -22.34, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 28.48, 218.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0782 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.092 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7177, 29.4435, 46.5968)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0B2 #B25240

analogous

#40B28B #40A0B2 #4067B2

triadic

#40A0B2 #B240A0 #A0B240

tetradic

#40A0B2 #8B40B2 #B25240 #67B240

square

#40A0B2 #8B40B2 #B25240 #67B240

split-complementary

#40A0B2 #B24067 #B28B40

monochromatic

#204F58 #307885 #40A0B2 #67B9C8 #94CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#40A0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#40A0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0B2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0B2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.092 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcc9',
    500: '#40a0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0b2;
$custom-light: #82bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65653,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0B2

secondary

#C4938A

accent

#6651D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0B2

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

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