#40ACAE#40ACAE

#40ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACAE
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -29.55, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 31.23, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0926 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.097 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5035, 33.6484, 45.2396)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACAE #AE4240

analogous

#40AE79 #40ACAE #4075AE

triadic

#40ACAE #AE40AC #ACAE40

tetradic

#40ACAE #7940AE #AE4240 #75AE40

square

#40ACAE #7940AE #AE4240 #75AE40

split-complementary

#40ACAE #AE4075 #AE7940

monochromatic

#1F5455 #308081 #40ACAE #65C5C6 #92D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#40ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACAE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACAE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5c6',
    500: '#40acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acae;
$custom-light: #83c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68442,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACAE

secondary

#C28988

accent

#5452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACAE

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

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