#40A2B4#40A2B4

#40A2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2B4
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -22.76, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 28.87, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0795 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.094 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2695, 30.2234, 47.7785)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2B4 #B45240

analogous

#40B48C #40A2B4 #4068B4

triadic

#40A2B4 #B440A2 #A2B440

tetradic

#40A2B4 #8C40B4 #B45240 #68B440

square

#40A2B4 #8C40B4 #B45240 #68B440

split-complementary

#40A2B4 #B44068 #B48C40

monochromatic

#20515A #307987 #40A2B4 #68BAC9 #95CFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#40A2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#40A2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2B4

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2B4	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdca',
    500: '#40a2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2b4;
$custom-light: #82bdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6622,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2B4

secondary

#C5948B

accent

#6651D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2B4

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

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