#40AFA8#40AFA8

#40AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA8
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -32.68, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 33.18, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0985 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.1 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5090, 34.5744, 42.4201)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA8 #AF4047

analogous

#40AF71 #40AFA8 #407FAF

triadic

#40AFA8 #A840AF #AFA840

tetradic

#40AFA8 #7140AF #AF4047 #7FAF40

square

#40AFA8 #7140AF #AF4047 #7FAF40

split-complementary

#40AFA8 #AF407F #AF7140

monochromatic

#1F5552 #30827D #40AFA8 #65C7C1 #92D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#40AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA8

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA8	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7c1',
    500: '#40afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa8;
$custom-light: #82c7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA8

secondary

#C3888C

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA8

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

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