#40AEA5#40AEA5

#40AEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEA5
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -33.04, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 33.36, 187.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0988 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.1 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0389, 34.0761, 40.9005)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEA5 #AE4049

analogous

#40AE6E #40AEA5 #4080AE

triadic

#40AEA5 #A540AE #AEA540

tetradic

#40AEA5 #6E40AE #AE4049 #80AE40

square

#40AEA5 #6E40AE #AE4049 #80AE40

split-complementary

#40AEA5 #AE4080 #AE6E40

monochromatic

#1F5550 #30817B #40AEA5 #65C6BE #92D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40AEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#40AEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEA5

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEA5	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6bf',
    500: '#40aea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aea5;
$custom-light: #82c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68628,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEA5

secondary

#C2888D

accent

#525DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEA5

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

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