#40AEBE#40AEBE

#40AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEBE
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -25.81, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 31.09, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0879 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.1 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5407, 35.0769, 54.0770)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEBE #BE5040

analogous

#40BE8F #40AEBE #406FBE

triadic

#40AEBE #BE40AE #AEBE40

tetradic

#40AEBE #8F40BE #BE5040 #6FBE40

square

#40AEBE #8F40BE #BE5040 #6FBE40

split-complementary

#40AEBE #BE406F #BE8F40

monochromatic

#215A62 #318490 #40AEBE #6DC2CE #9BD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#40AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#40AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEBE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEBE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6d1',
    500: '#40aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aebe;
$custom-light: #84c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEBE

secondary

#C99890

accent

#604FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEBE

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

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