#40AFA6#40AFA6

#40AFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.100 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA6
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 166)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -33.23, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 33.56, 188.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0994 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.1 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3241, 34.5005, 41.4463)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA6 #AF4049

analogous

#40AF6F #40AFA6 #4081AF

triadic

#40AFA6 #A640AF #AFA640

tetradic

#40AFA6 #6F40AF #AF4049 #81AF40

square

#40AFA6 #6F40AF #AF4049 #81AF40

split-complementary

#40AFA6 #AF4081 #AF6F40

monochromatic

#1F5551 #30827B #40AFA6 #65C7BF #92D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#40AFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA6	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.100 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7c0',
    500: '#40afa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa6;
$custom-light: #82c7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.135,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6891,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA6

secondary

#C3888D

accent

#525CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA6

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

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