#40AAAC#40AAAC

#40AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAAC
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -29.14, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 30.82, 198.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0914 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.096 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9322, 32.8154, 44.0945)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAAC #AC4240

analogous

#40AC78 #40AAAC #4074AC

triadic

#40AAAC #AC40AA #AAAC40

tetradic

#40AAAC #7840AC #AC4240 #74AC40

square

#40AAAC #7840AC #AC4240 #74AC40

split-complementary

#40AAAC #AC4074 #AC7840

monochromatic

#1F5253 #2F7E7F #40AAAC #64C3C5 #91D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#40AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAAC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAAC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3c4',
    500: '#40aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aaac;
$custom-light: #82c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67878,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAAC

secondary

#C18887

accent

#5552D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAAC

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

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