#40B2A4#40B2A4

#40B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2A4
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -35.18, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 35.26, 183.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.1035 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.104 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7325, 35.6084, 40.6844)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2A4 #B2404E

analogous

#40B26B #40B2A4 #4087B2

triadic

#40B2A4 #A440B2 #B2A440

tetradic

#40B2A4 #6B40B2 #B2404E #87B240

square

#40B2A4 #6B40B2 #B2404E #87B240

split-complementary

#40B2A4 #B24087 #B26B40

monochromatic

#205851 #30857B #40B2A4 #67C8BC #94D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#40B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2A4

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2A4	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9be',
    500: '#40b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2a4;
$custom-light: #83c9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2A4

secondary

#C48A91

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2A4

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

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