#40A2AD#40A2AD

#40A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.091 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2AD
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -24.87, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 28.63, 209.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0824 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.091 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5743, 29.9454, 44.1174)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2AD #AD4B40

analogous

#40AD82 #40A2AD #406CAD

triadic

#40A2AD #AD40A2 #A2AD40

tetradic

#40A2AD #8240AD #AD4B40 #6CAD40

square

#40A2AD #8240AD #AD4B40 #6CAD40

split-complementary

#40A2AD #AD406C #AD8240

monochromatic

#1F4E54 #2F7880 #40A2AD #64BCC6 #91CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#40A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2AD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2AD	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.091 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bec5',
    500: '#40a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2ad;
$custom-light: #81bec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.055,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65948,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2AD

secondary

#C28D87

accent

#5F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2AD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →