#40A8B2#40A8B2

#40A8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8B2
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -26.40, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 29.88, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0867 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1494, 32.3070, 47.0740)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8B2 #B24A40

analogous

#40B283 #40A8B2 #406FB2

triadic

#40A8B2 #B240A8 #A8B240

tetradic

#40A8B2 #8340B2 #B24A40 #6FB240

square

#40A8B2 #8340B2 #B24A40 #6FB240

split-complementary

#40A8B2 #B2406F #B28340

monochromatic

#205358 #307E85 #40A8B2 #67C0C8 #94D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#40A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#40A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8B2

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8B2	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2c9',
    500: '#40a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8b2;
$custom-light: #83c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67606,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8B2

secondary

#C48F8A

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8B2

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

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