#40AFAB#40AFAB

#40AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFAB
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -31.85, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 32.66, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0971 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.099 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7917, 34.6875, 43.9090)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFAB #AF4044

analogous

#40AF74 #40AFAB #407CAF

triadic

#40AFAB #AB40AF #AFAB40

tetradic

#40AFAB #7440AF #AF4044 #7CAF40

square

#40AFAB #7440AF #AF4044 #7CAF40

split-complementary

#40AFAB #AF407C #AF7440

monochromatic

#1F5553 #30827F #40AFAB #65C7C3 #92D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#40AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFAB

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFAB	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c4',
    500: '#40afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afab;
$custom-light: #83c7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.838,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69077,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFAB

secondary

#C3888A

accent

#5256D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFAB

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

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