#40A2B2#40A2B2

#40A2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.093 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2B2
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -23.36, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 28.75, 215.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0803 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.093 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0672, 30.1425, 46.7133)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2B2 #B25040

analogous

#40B289 #40A2B2 #4069B2

triadic

#40A2B2 #B240A2 #A2B240

tetradic

#40A2B2 #8940B2 #B25040 #69B240

square

#40A2B2 #8940B2 #B25040 #69B240

split-complementary

#40A2B2 #B24069 #B28940

monochromatic

#205058 #307985 #40A2B2 #67BBC8 #94CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#40A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#40A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2B2

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2B2	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.093 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdc9',
    500: '#40a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2b2;
$custom-light: #82bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66141,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2B2

secondary

#C4928A

accent

#6451D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2B2

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

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