#40A8AE#40A8AE

#40A8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.094 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8AE
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -27.58, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 30.06, 203.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0884 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.094 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7537, 32.1487, 44.9897)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8AE #AE4640

analogous

#40AE7D #40A8AE #4071AE

triadic

#40A8AE #AE40A8 #A8AE40

tetradic

#40A8AE #7D40AE #AE4640 #71AE40

square

#40A8AE #7D40AE #AE4640 #71AE40

split-complementary

#40A8AE #AE4071 #AE7D40

monochromatic

#1F5255 #307D81 #40A8AE #65C1C6 #92D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#40A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#40A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8AE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8AE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.094 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2c6',
    500: '#40a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8ae;
$custom-light: #82c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67458,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8AE

secondary

#C28B88

accent

#5952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8AE

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

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