#40A8A6#40A8A6

#40A8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A6
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -29.88, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 30.90, 194.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0919 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.094 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9969, 31.8460, 41.0039)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A6 #A84042

analogous

#40A872 #40A8A6 #4076A8

triadic

#40A8A6 #A640A8 #A8A640

tetradic

#40A8A6 #7240A8 #A84042 #76A840

square

#40A8A6 #7240A8 #A84042 #76A840

split-complementary

#40A8A6 #A84076 #A87240

monochromatic

#1E4F4E #2F7C7A #40A8A6 #62C3C1 #8ED4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#40A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#40A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A6

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A6	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2c0',
    500: '#40a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a6;
$custom-light: #81c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67173,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A6

secondary

#BF8586

accent

#5356D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A6

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

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