#40A2AA#40A2AA

#40A2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2AA
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -25.76, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 28.70, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0837 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2873, 29.8306, 42.6057)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2AA #AA4840

analogous

#40AA7D #40A2AA #406DAA

triadic

#40A2AA #AA40A2 #A2AA40

tetradic

#40A2AA #7D40AA #AA4840 #6DAA40

square

#40A2AA #7D40AA #AA4840 #6DAA40

split-complementary

#40A2AA #AA406D #AA7D40

monochromatic

#1F4D51 #2F787E #40A2AA #63BDC4 #8FD0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#40A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#40A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2AA

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2AA	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bec3',
    500: '#40a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2aa;
$custom-light: #81bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.528,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65835,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2AA

secondary

#C08A86

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2AA

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

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