#40ADAE#40ADAE

#40ADAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ADAE
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -30.03, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 31.55, 197.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0937 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.097 196)
XYZ	xyz(24.6945, 34.0304, 45.3033)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ADAE #AE4140

analogous

#40AE78 #40ADAE #4076AE

triadic

#40ADAE #AE40AD #ADAE40

tetradic

#40ADAE #7840AE #AE4140 #76AE40

square

#40ADAE #7840AE #AE4140 #76AE40

split-complementary

#40ADAE #AE4076 #AE7840

monochromatic

#1F5455 #308181 #40ADAE #65C5C6 #92D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40ADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#40ADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ADAE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ADAE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40adae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c6',
    500: '#40adae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40adae;
$custom-light: #83c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40adae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ADAE

secondary

#C28888

accent

#5352D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ADAE

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

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