#40AEB5#40AEB5

#40AEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEB5
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -28.49, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 31.23, 204.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0917 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5873, 34.6955, 49.0555)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEB5 #B54740

analogous

#40B581 #40AEB5 #4073B5

triadic

#40AEB5 #B540AE #AEB540

tetradic

#40AEB5 #8140B5 #B54740 #73B540

square

#40AEB5 #8140B5 #B54740 #73B540

split-complementary

#40AEB5 #B54073 #B58140

monochromatic

#20575B #308388 #40AEB5 #68C4CA #96D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#40AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEB5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEB5	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6cb',
    500: '#40aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeb5;
$custom-light: #83c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69185,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEB5

secondary

#C58F8B

accent

#5950D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEB5

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

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