#40ACA8#40ACA8

#40ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.097 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACA8
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -31.25, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 32.04, 192.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0953 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.097 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9316, 33.4196, 42.2276)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACA8 #AC4044

analogous

#40AC72 #40ACA8 #407AAC

triadic

#40ACA8 #A840AC #ACA840

tetradic

#40ACA8 #7240AC #AC4044 #7AAC40

square

#40ACA8 #7240AC #AC4044 #7AAC40

split-complementary

#40ACA8 #AC407A #AC7240

monochromatic

#1F5351 #2F7F7C #40ACA8 #64C5C2 #91D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#40ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACA8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACA8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.097 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5c1',
    500: '#40aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aca8;
$custom-light: #82c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACA8

secondary

#C18789

accent

#5257D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACA8

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

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