#40A8A3#40A8A3

#40A8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.095 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A3
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -30.73, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 31.37, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0932 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.095 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7249, 31.7372, 39.5715)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A3 #A84045

analogous

#40A86F #40A8A3 #4079A8

triadic

#40A8A3 #A340A8 #A8A340

tetradic

#40A8A3 #6F40A8 #A84045 #79A840

square

#40A8A3 #6F40A8 #A84045 #79A840

split-complementary

#40A8A3 #A84079 #A86F40

monochromatic

#1E4F4D #2F7C78 #40A8A3 #62C3BF #8ED4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#40A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A3

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A3	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.095 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2be',
    500: '#40a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a3;
$custom-light: #81c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6707,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A3

secondary

#BF8587

accent

#5359D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A3

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

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