#40A4B3#40A4B3

#40A4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.094 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4B3
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 179)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -24.08, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 29.10, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.082 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.094 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5231, 30.8931, 47.3623)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4B3 #B34F40

analogous

#40B388 #40A4B3 #406BB3

triadic

#40A4B3 #B340A4 #A4B340

tetradic

#40A4B3 #8840B3 #B34F40 #6BB340

square

#40A4B3 #8840B3 #B34F40 #6BB340

split-complementary

#40A4B3 #B3406B #B38840

monochromatic

#205159 #307B86 #40A4B3 #67BCC9 #94D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#40A4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4B3

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4B3	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8592B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.094 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfc9',
    500: '#40a4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4b3;
$custom-light: #82bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66668,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4B3

secondary

#C4928A

accent

#6251D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4B3

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

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