#40AF8F#40AF8F

#40AF8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AF8F
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 143)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -39.21, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 39.87, 169.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.11 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.112 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3998, 33.7307, 31.3115)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AF8F #AF4060

analogous

#40AF58 #40AF8F #4098AF

triadic

#40AF8F #8F40AF #AF8F40

tetradic

#40AF8F #5840AF #AF4060 #98AF40

square

#40AF8F #5840AF #AF4060 #98AF40

split-complementary

#40AF8F #AF4098 #AF5840

monochromatic

#1F5546 #30826A #40AF8F #65C7AB #92D7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40AF8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#40AF8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AF8F

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AF8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AF8F	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40af8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7af',
    500: '#40af8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40af8f;
$custom-light: #81c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40af8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.703,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AF8F

secondary

#C38899

accent

#5278D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AF8F

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

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