#40AEC2#40AEC2

#40AEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEC2
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -24.60, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 31.29, 218.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0863 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.102 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9839, 35.2541, 56.4111)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEC2 #C25440

analogous

#40C295 #40AEC2 #406DC2

triadic

#40AEC2 #C240AE #AEC240

tetradic

#40AEC2 #9540C2 #C25440 #6DC240

square

#40AEC2 #9540C2 #C25440 #6DC240

split-complementary

#40AEC2 #C2406D #C29540

monochromatic

#215C67 #308695 #40AEC2 #6EC2D1 #9DD5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#40AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEC2

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEC2	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d4',
    500: '#40aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aec2;
$custom-light: #85c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEC2

secondary

#CC9B92

accent

#634DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEC2

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

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