#40AE9F#40AE9F

#40AE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AE9F
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -34.66, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 34.70, 182.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.1015 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.102 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5055, 33.8628, 38.0916)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AE9F #AE404F

analogous

#40AE68 #40AE9F #4086AE

triadic

#40AE9F #9F40AE #AE9F40

tetradic

#40AE9F #6840AE #AE404F #86AE40

square

#40AE9F #6840AE #AE404F #86AE40

split-complementary

#40AE9F #AE4086 #AE6840

monochromatic

#1F554D #308176 #40AE9F #65C6B9 #92D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#40AE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#40AE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AE9F

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AE9F	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9698A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6bb',
    500: '#40ae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ae9f;
$custom-light: #82c6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68434,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AE9F

secondary

#C28890

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AE9F

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

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