#40AFB9#40AFB9

#40AFB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFB9
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 185)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -27.81, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 31.29, 207.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.091 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1975, 35.2498, 51.3128)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFB9 #B94A40

analogous

#40B987 #40AFB9 #4073B9

triadic

#40AFB9 #B940AF #AFB940

tetradic

#40AFB9 #8740B9 #B94A40 #73B940

square

#40AFB9 #8740B9 #B94A40 #73B940

split-complementary

#40AFB9 #B94073 #B98740

monochromatic

#21595E #30848C #40AFB9 #6BC4CC #98D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#40AFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#40AFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFB9

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFB9	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7ce',
    500: '#40afb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afb9;
$custom-light: #84c7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFB9

secondary

#C7928E

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFB9

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

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