#40A0AF#40A0AF

#40A0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0AF
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -23.25, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 28.30, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0794 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.091 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4198, 29.3244, 45.0277)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0AF #AF4F40

analogous

#40AF87 #40A0AF #4069AF

triadic

#40A0AF #AF40A0 #A0AF40

tetradic

#40A0AF #8740AF #AF4F40 #69AF40

square

#40A0AF #8740AF #AF4F40 #69AF40

split-complementary

#40A0AF #AF4069 #AF8740

monochromatic

#1F4E55 #307782 #40A0AF #65BAC7 #92CED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#40A0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#40A0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0AF

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0AF	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcc6',
    500: '#40a0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0af;
$custom-light: #81bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65535,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0AF

secondary

#C39088

accent

#6452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0AF

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

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