#40A3AA#40A3AA

#40A3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A3AA
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -26.26, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.95, 204.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0848 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4641, 30.1843, 42.6647)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A3AA #AA4740

analogous

#40AA7C #40A3AA #406EAA

triadic

#40A3AA #AA40A3 #A3AA40

tetradic

#40A3AA #7C40AA #AA4740 #6EAA40

square

#40A3AA #7C40AA #AA4740 #6EAA40

split-complementary

#40A3AA #AA406E #AA7C40

monochromatic

#1F4E51 #2F787E #40A3AA #63BEC4 #8FD0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#40A3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#40A3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A3AA

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A3AA	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bec3',
    500: '#40a3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a3aa;
$custom-light: #81bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.962,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66081,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A3AA

secondary

#C08A86

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A3AA

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

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