#40AEAD#40AEAD

#40AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEAD
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -30.80, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 32.01, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0952 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.098 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7899, 34.3765, 44.8559)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEAD #AE4041

analogous

#40AE76 #40AEAD #4078AE

triadic

#40AEAD #AD40AE #AEAD40

tetradic

#40AEAD #7640AE #AE4041 #78AE40

square

#40AEAD #7640AE #AE4041 #78AE40

split-complementary

#40AEAD #AE4078 #AE7640

monochromatic

#1F5554 #308181 #40AEAD #65C6C5 #92D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#40AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEAD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEAD	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c5',
    500: '#40aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aead;
$custom-light: #83c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEAD

secondary

#C28888

accent

#5253D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEAD

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

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