#40ACAB#40ACAB

#40ACAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.097 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACAB
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -30.40, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 31.60, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.094 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.097 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2143, 33.5327, 43.7165)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACAB #AC4041

analogous

#40AC75 #40ACAB #4077AC

triadic

#40ACAB #AB40AC #ACAB40

tetradic

#40ACAB #7540AC #AC4041 #77AC40

square

#40ACAB #7540AC #AC4041 #77AC40

split-complementary

#40ACAB #AC4077 #AC7540

monochromatic

#1F5352 #2F7F7F #40ACAB #64C5C4 #91D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40ACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#40ACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACAB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACAB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.097 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5c4',
    500: '#40acab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acab;
$custom-light: #82c5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68336,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACAB

secondary

#C18787

accent

#5254D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACAB

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

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