#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
RGBrgb(64, 168, 175)
HSLhsl(184, 46%, 47%)
HSVhsv(184, 63%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.50, -27.29, -12.47)
CIE-LCHlch(63.50, 30.00, 204.55°)
OKLaboklab(67.5% -0.0879 -0.0345)
OKLCHoklch(67.5% 0.094 201.4)
XYZxyz(23.8515, 32.1878, 45.5050)
Luminance0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##40A8AF1.002.827.447.44
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4421.001.001.00
##0000007.4421.001.001.00

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

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#40A8AF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva