#40AFB8#40AFB8

#40AFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFB8
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -28.10, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 31.33, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0915 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0923, 35.2078, 50.7588)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFB8 #B84940

analogous

#40B885 #40AFB8 #4073B8

triadic

#40AFB8 #B840AF #AFB840

tetradic

#40AFB8 #8540B8 #B84940 #73B840

square

#40AFB8 #8540B8 #B84940 #73B840

split-complementary

#40AFB8 #B84073 #B88540

monochromatic

#20595D #30848B #40AFB8 #6AC4CB #97D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40AFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#40AFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFB8

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFB8	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7cd',
    500: '#40afb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afb8;
$custom-light: #84c7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFB8

secondary

#C7918D

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFB8

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

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