#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
RGBrgb(64, 172, 168)
HSLhsl(178, 46%, 46%)
HSVhsv(178, 63%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.50, -31.25, -7.06)
CIE-LCHlch(64.50, 32.04, 192.73°)
OKLaboklab(68.23% -0.0953 -0.0197)
OKLCHoklch(68.23% 0.097 191.7)
XYZxyz(23.9316, 33.4196, 42.2276)
Luminance0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40ACA81.002.737.687.68
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6821.001.001.00
##0000007.6821.001.001.00

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

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#40ACA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva