#40AAA8#40AAA8

#40AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.096 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAA8
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -30.29, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 31.32, 194.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0931 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.096 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5538, 32.6641, 42.1017)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAA8 #AA4042

analogous

#40AA73 #40AAA8 #4077AA

triadic

#40AAA8 #A840AA #AAA840

tetradic

#40AAA8 #7340AA #AA4042 #77AA40

square

#40AAA8 #7340AA #AA4042 #77AA40

split-complementary

#40AAA8 #AA4077 #AA7340

monochromatic

#1F5150 #2F7E7C #40AAA8 #63C4C2 #8FD5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#40AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAA8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAA8	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.096 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3c1',
    500: '#40aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aaa8;
$custom-light: #82c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67738,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAA8

secondary

#C08687

accent

#5355D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAA8

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

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