#40A6B2#40A6B2

#40A6B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6B2
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 178)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 6.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -25.40, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 29.45, 210.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0845 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.094 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7830, 31.5742, 46.9519)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6B2 #B24C40

analogous

#40B285 #40A6B2 #406DB2

triadic

#40A6B2 #B240A6 #A6B240

tetradic

#40A6B2 #8540B2 #B24C40 #6DB240

square

#40A6B2 #8540B2 #B24C40 #6DB240

split-complementary

#40A6B2 #B2406D #B28540

monochromatic

#205258 #307C85 #40A6B2 #67BEC8 #94D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#40A6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#40A6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6B2

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6B2	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0c9',
    500: '#40a6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6b2;
$custom-light: #82c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67117,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6B2

secondary

#C4908A

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6B2

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

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