#40AAA6#40AAA6

#40AAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.096 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAA6
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -30.85, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 31.62, 192.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.094 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.096 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3690, 32.5901, 41.1279)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAA6 #AA4044

analogous

#40AA71 #40AAA6 #4079AA

triadic

#40AAA6 #A640AA #AAA640

tetradic

#40AAA6 #7140AA #AA4044 #79AA40

square

#40AAA6 #7140AA #AA4044 #79AA40

split-complementary

#40AAA6 #AA4079 #AA7140

monochromatic

#1F514F #2F7E7B #40AAA6 #63C4C1 #8FD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#40AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAA6

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAA6	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.096 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3c0',
    500: '#40aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aaa6;
$custom-light: #82c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67669,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAA6

secondary

#C08688

accent

#5358D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAA6

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

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