#40AEC3#40AEC3

#40AEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEC3
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -24.29, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 31.37, 219.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0859 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.102 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0966, 35.2992, 57.0046)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEC3 #C35540

analogous

#40C396 #40AEC3 #406CC3

triadic

#40AEC3 #C340AE #AEC340

tetradic

#40AEC3 #9640C3 #C35540 #6CC340

square

#40AEC3 #9640C3 #C35540 #6CC340

split-complementary

#40AEC3 #C3406C #C39640

monochromatic

#215D68 #2F8697 #40AEC3 #6FC2D2 #9DD5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#40AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEC3

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEC3	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d5',
    500: '#40aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aec3;
$custom-light: #85c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.618,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEC3

secondary

#CC9C92

accent

#634CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEC3

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

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