#40AE9E#40AE9E

#40AE9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE9E
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -34.93, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 34.94, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.102 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.102 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4191, 33.8282, 37.6364)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE9E #AE4050

analogous

#40AE67 #40AE9E #4087AE

triadic

#40AE9E #9E40AE #AE9E40

tetradic

#40AE9E #6740AE #AE4050 #87AE40

square

#40AE9E #6740AE #AE4050 #87AE40

split-complementary

#40AE9E #AE4087 #AE6740

monochromatic

#1F554D #308175 #40AE9E #65C6B8 #92D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#40AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#40AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE9E

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE9E	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)

#A6A49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6ba',
    500: '#40ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae9e;
$custom-light: #82c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68403,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE9E

secondary

#C28890

accent

#5265D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE9E

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

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