#40ADA9#40ADA9

#40ADA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.098 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ADA9
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 169)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -31.45, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 32.25, 192.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0959 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.098 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2162, 33.8391, 42.7838)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ADA9 #AD4044

analogous

#40AD73 #40ADA9 #407BAD

triadic

#40ADA9 #A940AD #ADA940

tetradic

#40ADA9 #7340AD #AD4044 #7BAD40

square

#40ADA9 #7340AD #AD4044 #7BAD40

split-complementary

#40ADA9 #AD407B #AD7340

monochromatic

#1F5452 #2F807D #40ADA9 #64C6C2 #91D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#40ADA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#40ADA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ADA9

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ADA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ADA9	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ada9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.098 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6c2',
    500: '#40ada9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ada9;
$custom-light: #82c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ada9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68514,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ADA9

secondary

#C28789

accent

#5257D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ADA9

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

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