#40AEA6#40AEA6

#40AEA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.099 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEA6
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -32.76, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 33.16, 188.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0983 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.099 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1302, 34.1127, 41.3817)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEA6 #AE4048

analogous

#40AE6F #40AEA6 #407FAE

triadic

#40AEA6 #A640AE #AEA640

tetradic

#40AEA6 #6F40AE #AE4048 #7FAE40

square

#40AEA6 #6F40AE #AE4048 #7FAE40

split-complementary

#40AEA6 #AE407F #AE6F40

monochromatic

#1F5551 #30817B #40AEA6 #65C6BF #92D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#40AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEA6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEA6	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A5A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.099 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6c0',
    500: '#40aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aea6;
$custom-light: #82c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68661,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEA6

secondary

#C2888C

accent

#525CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEA6

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

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