#40AFAD#40AFAD

#40AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFAD
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -31.28, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 32.35, 194.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0962 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.099 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9838, 34.7643, 44.9206)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFAD #AF4042

analogous

#40AF76 #40AFAD #407AAF

triadic

#40AFAD #AD40AF #AFAD40

tetradic

#40AFAD #7640AF #AF4042 #7AAF40

square

#40AFAD #7640AF #AF4042 #7AAF40

split-complementary

#40AFAD #AF407A #AF7640

monochromatic

#1F5554 #308281 #40AFAD #65C7C5 #92D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#40AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFAD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFAD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c5',
    500: '#40afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afad;
$custom-light: #83c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.919,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFAD

secondary

#C38889

accent

#5254D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFAD

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

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