#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
RGBrgb(64, 168, 169)
HSLhsl(181, 45%, 46%)
HSVhsv(181, 62%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.31, -29.03, -9.39)
CIE-LCHlch(63.31, 30.51, 197.93°)
OKLaboklab(67.28% -0.0906 -0.026)
OKLCHoklch(67.28% 0.094 196)
XYZxyz(23.2753, 31.9573, 42.4702)
Luminance0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40A8A91.002.847.397.39
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3921.001.001.00
##0000007.3921.001.001.00

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

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#40A8A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva