#40AEA4#40AEA4

#40AEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEA4
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 164)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -33.31, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 33.56, 187.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0992 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.1 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9482, 34.0399, 40.4230)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEA4 #AE404A

analogous

#40AE6D #40AEA4 #4081AE

triadic

#40AEA4 #A440AE #AEA440

tetradic

#40AEA4 #6D40AE #AE404A #81AE40

square

#40AEA4 #6D40AE #AE404A #81AE40

split-complementary

#40AEA4 #AE4081 #AE6D40

monochromatic

#1F5550 #30817A #40AEA4 #65C6BD #92D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40AEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#40AEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEA4

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEA4	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)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6be',
    500: '#40aea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aea4;
$custom-light: #82c6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEA4

secondary

#C2888D

accent

#525ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEA4

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

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