#40A4A2#40A4A2

#40A4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.092 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4A2
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -29.06, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 30.04, 194.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0893 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.092 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9085, 30.2472, 38.8591)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4A2 #A44042

analogous

#40A470 #40A4A2 #4074A4

triadic

#40A4A2 #A240A4 #A4A240

tetradic

#40A4A2 #7040A4 #A44042 #74A440

square

#40A4A2 #7040A4 #A44042 #74A440

split-complementary

#40A4A2 #A44074 #A47040

monochromatic

#1E4C4B #2F7877 #40A4A2 #60C1BF #8CD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#40A4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#40A4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4A2

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4A2	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)

#9A9CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.092 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfbd',
    500: '#40a4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4a2;
$custom-light: #81bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66041,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4A2

secondary

#BD8384

accent

#5457D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4A2

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

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