#40AF9D#40AF9D

#40AF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AF9D
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 157)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -35.66, -0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 35.66, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.1035 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.103 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5273, 34.1817, 37.2496)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AF9D #AF4052

analogous

#40AF65 #40AF9D #408AAF

triadic

#40AF9D #9D40AF #AF9D40

tetradic

#40AF9D #6540AF #AF4052 #8AAF40

square

#40AF9D #6540AF #AF4052 #8AAF40

split-complementary

#40AF9D #AF408A #AF6540

monochromatic

#1F554D #308275 #40AF9D #65C7B7 #92D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40AF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#40AF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AF9D

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AF9D	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40af9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7b9',
    500: '#40af9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40af9d;
$custom-light: #82c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40af9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AF9D

secondary

#C38892

accent

#5267D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AF9D

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

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