#40AEB6#40AEB6

#40AEB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEB6
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -28.20, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 31.17, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0913 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(25.6903, 34.7367, 49.5978)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEB6 #B64840

analogous

#40B683 #40AEB6 #4073B6

triadic

#40AEB6 #B640AE #AEB640

tetradic

#40AEB6 #8340B6 #B64840 #73B640

square

#40AEB6 #8340B6 #B64840 #73B640

split-complementary

#40AEB6 #B64073 #B68340

monochromatic

#20575B #308389 #40AEB6 #69C4CA #96D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#40AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEB6

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEB6	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6cb',
    500: '#40aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeb6;
$custom-light: #84c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.34739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEB6

secondary

#C6908C

accent

#5950D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEB6

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

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