#40A2AC#40A2AC

#40A2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.091 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2AC
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -25.17, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 28.64, 208.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0828 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.091 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4779, 29.9068, 43.6097)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2AC #AC4A40

analogous

#40AC80 #40A2AC #406CAC

triadic

#40A2AC #AC40A2 #A2AC40

tetradic

#40A2AC #8040AC #AC4A40 #6CAC40

square

#40A2AC #8040AC #AC4A40 #6CAC40

split-complementary

#40A2AC #AC406C #AC8040

monochromatic

#1F4E53 #2F787F #40A2AC #64BCC5 #91CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#40A2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#40A2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2AC

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2AC	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.091 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bec4',
    500: '#40a2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2ac;
$custom-light: #81bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2AC

secondary

#C18C87

accent

#5F52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2AC

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

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