#40AEA2#40AEA2

#40AEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEA2
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -33.86, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 33.99, 185.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.1001 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.101 185)
XYZ	xyz(23.7690, 33.9682, 39.4793)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEA2 #AE404C

analogous

#40AE6B #40AEA2 #4083AE

triadic

#40AEA2 #A240AE #AEA240

tetradic

#40AEA2 #6B40AE #AE404C #83AE40

square

#40AEA2 #6B40AE #AE404C #83AE40

split-complementary

#40AEA2 #AE4083 #AE6B40

monochromatic

#1F554F #308178 #40AEA2 #65C6BC #92D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40AEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#40AEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEA2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEA2	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6bd',
    500: '#40aea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aea2;
$custom-light: #82c6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.33971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEA2

secondary

#C2888E

accent

#5260D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEA2

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

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