#40AFA0#40AFA0

#40AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA0
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -34.86, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 34.90, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.1021 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.102 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7866, 34.2854, 38.6151)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA0 #AF404F

analogous

#40AF69 #40AFA0 #4087AF

triadic

#40AFA0 #A040AF #AFA040

tetradic

#40AFA0 #6940AF #AF404F #87AF40

square

#40AFA0 #6940AF #AF404F #87AF40

split-complementary

#40AFA0 #AF4087 #AF6940

monochromatic

#1F554E #308277 #40AFA0 #65C7BA #92D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#40AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA0

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA0	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7bc',
    500: '#40afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa0;
$custom-light: #82c7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68716,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA0

secondary

#C38890

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA0

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

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