#40AFA4#40AFA4

#40AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA4
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -33.78, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 33.98, 186.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.1003 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.101 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1421, 34.4277, 40.4876)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA4 #AF404B

analogous

#40AF6D #40AFA4 #4083AF

triadic

#40AFA4 #A440AF #AFA440

tetradic

#40AFA4 #6D40AF #AF404B #83AF40

square

#40AFA4 #6D40AF #AF404B #83AF40

split-complementary

#40AFA4 #AF4083 #AF6D40

monochromatic

#1F5550 #30827A #40AFA4 #65C7BD #92D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#40AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA4	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)

#A6A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7be',
    500: '#40afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa4;
$custom-light: #82c7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.054,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68844,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA4

secondary

#C3888E

accent

#525FD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA4

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

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