#40AAA9#40AAA9

#40AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.096 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAA9
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -30.00, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 31.18, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0927 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.096 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6474, 32.7015, 42.5942)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAA9 #AA4041

analogous

#40AA74 #40AAA9 #4076AA

triadic

#40AAA9 #A940AA #AAA940

tetradic

#40AAA9 #7440AA #AA4041 #76AA40

square

#40AAA9 #7440AA #AA4041 #76AA40

split-complementary

#40AAA9 #AA4076 #AA7440

monochromatic

#1F5151 #2F7E7D #40AAA9 #63C4C3 #8FD5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#40AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAA9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAA9	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.096 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3c2',
    500: '#40aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aaa9;
$custom-light: #82c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAA9

secondary

#C08686

accent

#5354D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAA9

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

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