#40AEAE#40AEAE

#40AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEAE
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -30.52, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 31.88, 196.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0947 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.098 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8870, 34.4154, 45.3674)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEAE #AE4040

analogous

#40AE77 #40AEAE #4077AE

triadic

#40AEAE #AE40AE #AEAE40

tetradic

#40AEAE #7740AE #AE4040 #77AE40

square

#40AEAE #7740AE #AE4040 #77AE40

split-complementary

#40AEAE #AE4077 #AE7740

monochromatic

#1F5555 #308181 #40AEAE #65C6C6 #92D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#40AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEAE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEAE	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c6',
    500: '#40aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeae;
$custom-light: #83c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68934,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEAE

secondary

#C28888

accent

#5252D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEAE

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

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