#40AF9A#40AF9A

#40AF9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AF9A
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 154)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 12%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -36.44, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 36.47, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.1049 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.105 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2743, 34.0805, 35.9172)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AF9A #AF4055

analogous

#40AF63 #40AF9A #408DAF

triadic

#40AF9A #9A40AF #AF9A40

tetradic

#40AF9A #6340AF #AF4055 #8DAF40

square

#40AF9A #6340AF #AF4055 #8DAF40

split-complementary

#40AF9A #AF408D #AF6340

monochromatic

#1F554B #308273 #40AF9A #65C7B4 #92D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40AF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#40AF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AF9A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AF9A	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40af9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7b7',
    500: '#40af9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40af9a;
$custom-light: #82c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40af9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AF9A

secondary

#C38893

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AF9A

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

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