#40A8A9#40A8A9

#40A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.094 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8A9
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -29.03, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 30.51, 197.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0906 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.094 196)
XYZ	xyz(23.2753, 31.9573, 42.4702)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8A9 #A94140

analogous

#40A975 #40A8A9 #4074A9

triadic

#40A8A9 #A940A8 #A8A940

tetradic

#40A8A9 #7540A9 #A94140 #74A940

square

#40A8A9 #7540A9 #A94140 #74A940

split-complementary

#40A8A9 #A94074 #A97540

monochromatic

#1E5050 #2F7C7D #40A8A9 #62C3C4 #8FD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#40A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#40A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8A9

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8A9	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.094 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2c2',
    500: '#40a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8a9;
$custom-light: #82c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67278,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.3196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8A9

secondary

#C08685

accent

#5453D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8A9

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

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