#40AE8F#40AE8F

#40AE8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE8F
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -38.76, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 39.35, 170.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.109 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.11 171)
XYZ	xyz(22.2059, 33.3429, 31.2468)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE8F #AE405F

analogous

#40AE58 #40AE8F #4096AE

triadic

#40AE8F #8F40AE #AE8F40

tetradic

#40AE8F #5840AE #AE405F #96AE40

square

#40AE8F #5840AE #AE405F #96AE40

split-complementary

#40AE8F #AE4096 #AE5840

monochromatic

#1F5545 #30816A #40AE8F #65C6AB #92D7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40AE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#40AE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE8F

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE8F	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7af',
    500: '#40ae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae8f;
$custom-light: #81c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67958,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.33345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE8F

secondary

#C28898

accent

#5277D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE8F

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

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