#40A2A3#40A2A3

#40A2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.090 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2A3
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 163)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -27.80, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 29.23, 198.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0867 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.09 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6427, 29.5727, 39.2107)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2A3 #A34140

analogous

#40A373 #40A2A3 #4071A3

triadic

#40A2A3 #A340A2 #A2A340

tetradic

#40A2A3 #7340A3 #A34140 #71A340

square

#40A2A3 #7340A3 #A34140 #71A340

split-complementary

#40A2A3 #A34071 #A37340

monochromatic

#1D4B4B #2F7677 #40A2A3 #60BFC0 #8CD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#40A2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2A3

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2A3	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.090 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bebe',
    500: '#40a2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2a3;
$custom-light: #81bebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.606,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65579,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2A3

secondary

#BD8382

accent

#5654D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2A3

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

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