#40AFAE#40AFAE

#40AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFAE
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -31.00, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 32.22, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0958 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.099 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0809, 34.8032, 45.4321)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFAE #AF4041

analogous

#40AF76 #40AFAE #4079AF

triadic

#40AFAE #AE40AF #AFAE40

tetradic

#40AFAE #7640AF #AF4041 #79AF40

square

#40AFAE #7640AF #AF4041 #79AF40

split-complementary

#40AFAE #AF4079 #AF7640

monochromatic

#1F5555 #308281 #40AFAE #65C7C6 #92D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#40AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFAE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFAE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c6',
    500: '#40afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afae;
$custom-light: #83c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.459,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69181,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFAE

secondary

#C38889

accent

#5253D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFAE

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

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