#40AFAA#40AFAA

#40AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFAA
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -32.13, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 32.82, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0976 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.099 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6968, 34.6495, 43.4089)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFAA #AF4045

analogous

#40AF73 #40AFAA #407DAF

triadic

#40AFAA #AA40AF #AFAA40

tetradic

#40AFAA #7340AF #AF4045 #7DAF40

square

#40AFAA #7340AF #AF4045 #7DAF40

split-complementary

#40AFAA #AF407D #AF7340

monochromatic

#1F5553 #30827E #40AFAA #65C7C2 #92D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#40AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFAA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFAA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c3',
    500: '#40afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afaa;
$custom-light: #83c7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFAA

secondary

#C3888B

accent

#5258D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFAA

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

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