#40A8AF#40A8AF

#40A8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.094 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8AF
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -27.29, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 30.00, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0879 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.094 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8515, 32.1878, 45.5050)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8AF #AF4740

analogous

#40AF7F #40A8AF #4071AF

triadic

#40A8AF #AF40A8 #A8AF40

tetradic

#40A8AF #7F40AF #AF4740 #71AF40

square

#40A8AF #7F40AF #AF4740 #71AF40

split-complementary

#40A8AF #AF4071 #AF7F40

monochromatic

#1F5255 #307D82 #40A8AF #65C1C7 #92D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#40A8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#40A8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8AF

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8AF	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.094 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2c6',
    500: '#40a8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8af;
$custom-light: #82c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67495,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8AF

secondary

#C38C88

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8AF

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

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