#40A8A2#40A8A2

#40A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.095 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A2
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -31.00, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 31.54, 190.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0937 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.095 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6357, 31.7015, 39.1015)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A2 #A84046

analogous

#40A86E #40A8A2 #407AA8

triadic

#40A8A2 #A240A8 #A8A240

tetradic

#40A8A2 #6E40A8 #A84046 #7AA840

square

#40A8A2 #6E40A8 #A84046 #7AA840

split-complementary

#40A8A2 #A8407A #A86E40

monochromatic

#1E4F4D #2F7C77 #40A8A2 #62C3BE #8ED4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#40A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A2

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A2	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.095 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2bd',
    500: '#40a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a2;
$custom-light: #81c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A2

secondary

#BF8588

accent

#535BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A2

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

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