#40AEB8#40AEB8

#40AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEB8
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -27.61, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 31.09, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0904 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8984, 34.8199, 50.6941)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEB8 #B84A40

analogous

#40B886 #40AEB8 #4072B8

triadic

#40AEB8 #B840AE #AEB840

tetradic

#40AEB8 #8640B8 #B84A40 #72B840

square

#40AEB8 #8640B8 #B84A40 #72B840

split-complementary

#40AEB8 #B84072 #B88640

monochromatic

#20585D #30838B #40AEB8 #6AC3CB #97D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#40AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEB8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEB8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6cd',
    500: '#40aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeb8;
$custom-light: #84c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEB8

secondary

#C7928D

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEB8

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

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