#40ACAD#40ACAD

#40ACAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACAD
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 173)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -29.83, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 31.34, 197.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0931 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.097 196)
XYZ	xyz(24.4064, 33.6095, 44.7281)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACAD #AD4140

analogous

#40AD78 #40ACAD #4076AD

triadic

#40ACAD #AD40AC #ACAD40

tetradic

#40ACAD #7840AD #AD4140 #76AD40

square

#40ACAD #7840AD #AD4140 #76AD40

split-complementary

#40ACAD #AD4076 #AD7840

monochromatic

#1F5354 #2F8080 #40ACAD #64C5C6 #91D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40ACAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#40ACAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACAD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACAD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5c5',
    500: '#40acad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acad;
$custom-light: #82c5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.33612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACAD

secondary

#C28887

accent

#5352D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACAD

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

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