#40AFA5#40AFA5

#40AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.101 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA5
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -33.51, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 33.77, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0998 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.101 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2328, 34.4639, 40.9651)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA5 #AF404A

analogous

#40AF6E #40AFA5 #4082AF

triadic

#40AFA5 #A540AF #AFA540

tetradic

#40AFA5 #6E40AF #AF404A #82AF40

square

#40AFA5 #6E40AF #AF404A #82AF40

split-complementary

#40AFA5 #AF4082 #AF6E40

monochromatic

#1F5550 #30827B #40AFA5 #65C7BE #92D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#40AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA5	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)

#A6A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.101 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7bf',
    500: '#40afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa5;
$custom-light: #82c7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68877,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA5

secondary

#C3888E

accent

#525ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA5

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

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