#40A4AF#40A4AF

#40A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.093 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4AF
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -25.28, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 29.05, 209.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0837 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.093 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1244, 30.7336, 45.2626)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4AF #AF4B40

analogous

#40AF83 #40A4AF #406DAF

triadic

#40A4AF #AF40A4 #A4AF40

tetradic

#40A4AF #8340AF #AF4B40 #6DAF40

square

#40A4AF #8340AF #AF4B40 #6DAF40

split-complementary

#40A4AF #AF406D #AF8340

monochromatic

#1F5055 #307A82 #40A4AF #65BDC7 #92D0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#40A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#40A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4AF

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4AF	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.093 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfc6',
    500: '#40a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4af;
$custom-light: #82bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4AF

secondary

#C38E88

accent

#5F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4AF

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

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