#40AFA9#40AFA9

#40AFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFA9
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 169)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -32.41, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 33.00, 190.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.098 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.1 190)
XYZ	xyz(24.6025, 34.6118, 42.9126)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFA9 #AF4046

analogous

#40AF72 #40AFA9 #407EAF

triadic

#40AFA9 #A940AF #AFA940

tetradic

#40AFA9 #7240AF #AF4046 #7EAF40

square

#40AFA9 #7240AF #AF4046 #7EAF40

split-complementary

#40AFA9 #AF407E #AF7240

monochromatic

#1F5552 #30827E #40AFA9 #65C7C2 #92D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40AFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#40AFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFA9

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFA9	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)

#A5A6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c2',
    500: '#40afa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afa9;
$custom-light: #83c7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.34615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFA9

secondary

#C3888B

accent

#5259D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFA9

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

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