#40ACAA#40ACAA

#40ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.097 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACAA
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -30.69, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 31.73, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0944 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.097 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1194, 33.4947, 43.2164)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACAA #AC4042

analogous

#40AC74 #40ACAA #4078AC

triadic

#40ACAA #AA40AC #ACAA40

tetradic

#40ACAA #7440AC #AC4042 #78AC40

square

#40ACAA #7440AC #AC4042 #78AC40

split-complementary

#40ACAA #AC4078 #AC7440

monochromatic

#1F5352 #2F7F7E #40ACAA #64C5C3 #91D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#40ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACAA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACAA	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.097 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5c3',
    500: '#40acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acaa;
$custom-light: #82c5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68301,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACAA

secondary

#C18788

accent

#5255D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACAA

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

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