#40A8A5#40A8A5

#40A8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.095 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A5
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -30.16, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 31.04, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0923 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.095 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9055, 31.8094, 40.5227)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A5 #A84043

analogous

#40A871 #40A8A5 #4077A8

triadic

#40A8A5 #A540A8 #A8A540

tetradic

#40A8A5 #7140A8 #A84043 #77A840

square

#40A8A5 #7140A8 #A84043 #77A840

split-complementary

#40A8A5 #A84077 #A87140

monochromatic

#1E4F4E #2F7C79 #40A8A5 #62C3C0 #8ED4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#40A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#40A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A5

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A5	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.095 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2bf',
    500: '#40a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a5;
$custom-light: #81c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67138,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A5

secondary

#BF8586

accent

#5357D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A5

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

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