#40ACA6#40ACA6

#40ACA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.098 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACA6
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -31.81, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 32.38, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0962 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.098 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7467, 33.3457, 41.2539)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACA6 #AC4046

analogous

#40AC70 #40ACA6 #407CAC

triadic

#40ACA6 #A640AC #ACA640

tetradic

#40ACA6 #7040AC #AC4046 #7CAC40

square

#40ACA6 #7040AC #AC4046 #7CAC40

split-complementary

#40ACA6 #AC407C #AC7040

monochromatic

#1F5350 #2F7F7B #40ACA6 #64C5C0 #91D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#40ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACA6

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACA6	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.098 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5c0',
    500: '#40aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aca6;
$custom-light: #82c5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68165,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACA6

secondary

#C1878A

accent

#525AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACA6

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

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