#40A8A8#40A8A8

#40A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A8
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -29.31, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 30.63, 196.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.091 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.094 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1818, 31.9199, 41.9776)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A8 #A84040

analogous

#40A874 #40A8A8 #4074A8

triadic

#40A8A8 #A840A8 #A8A840

tetradic

#40A8A8 #7440A8 #A84040 #74A840

square

#40A8A8 #7440A8 #A84040 #74A840

split-complementary

#40A8A8 #A84074 #A87440

monochromatic

#1E4F4F #2F7C7C #40A8A8 #62C3C3 #8ED4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#40A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#40A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A8	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2c1',
    500: '#40a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a8;
$custom-light: #82c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A8

secondary

#BF8585

accent

#5353D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A8

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

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