#40A5B2#40A5B2

#40A5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.094 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A5B2
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -24.89, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 29.25, 211.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0835 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.094 207)
XYZ	xyz(23.6020, 31.2121, 46.8915)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A5B2 #B24D40

analogous

#40B286 #40A5B2 #406CB2

triadic

#40A5B2 #B240A5 #A5B240

tetradic

#40A5B2 #8640B2 #B24D40 #6CB240

square

#40A5B2 #8640B2 #B24D40 #6CB240

split-complementary

#40A5B2 #B2406C #B28640

monochromatic

#205258 #307B85 #40A5B2 #67BDC8 #94D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#40A5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A5B2

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A5B2	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.094 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0c9',
    500: '#40a5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a5b2;
$custom-light: #82c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66873,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.31215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A5B2

secondary

#C4908A

accent

#6051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A5B2

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

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