#40AEAF#40AEAF

#40AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEAF
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -30.23, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 31.76, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0943 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.098 196)
XYZ	xyz(24.9849, 34.4545, 45.8828)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEAF #AF4140

analogous

#40AF79 #40AEAF #4076AF

triadic

#40AEAF #AF40AE #AEAF40

tetradic

#40AEAF #7940AF #AF4140 #76AF40

square

#40AEAF #7940AF #AF4140 #76AF40

split-complementary

#40AEAF #AF4076 #AF7940

monochromatic

#1F5555 #308182 #40AEAF #65C6C7 #92D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#40AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEAF

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEAF	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c6',
    500: '#40aeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeaf;
$custom-light: #83c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68969,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.34457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEAF

secondary

#C38988

accent

#5352D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEAF

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

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