#40AAAD#40AAAD

#40AAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAAD
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 173)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -28.86, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 30.72, 200.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0909 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.096 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0286, 32.8540, 44.6022)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAAD #AD4340

analogous

#40AD7A #40AAAD #4074AD

triadic

#40AAAD #AD40AA #AAAD40

tetradic

#40AAAD #7A40AD #AD4340 #74AD40

square

#40AAAD #7A40AD #AD4340 #74AD40

split-complementary

#40AAAD #AD4074 #AD7A40

monochromatic

#1F5254 #2F7E80 #40AAAD #64C3C6 #91D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40AAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#40AAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAAD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAAD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3c5',
    500: '#40aaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aaad;
$custom-light: #82c3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67914,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAAD

secondary

#C28987

accent

#5652D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAAD

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

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