#40AEC0#40AEC0

#40AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.101 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEC0
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -25.21, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 31.17, 216.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0871 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.101 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7608, 35.1649, 55.2361)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEC0 #C05240

analogous

#40C092 #40AEC0 #406EC0

triadic

#40AEC0 #C040AE #AEC040

tetradic

#40AEC0 #9240C0 #C05240 #6EC040

square

#40AEC0 #9240C0 #C05240 #6EC040

split-complementary

#40AEC0 #C0406E #C09240

monochromatic

#215B64 #308592 #40AEC0 #6EC2CF #9CD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#40AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEC0

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEC0	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.101 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d3',
    500: '#40aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aec0;
$custom-light: #85c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69602,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEC0

secondary

#CB9991

accent

#624EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEC0

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

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