#40AFBE#40AFBE

#40AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFBE
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -26.31, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 31.26, 212.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0889 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.101 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7346, 35.4647, 54.1416)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFBE #BE4F40

analogous

#40BE8E #40AFBE #4070BE

triadic

#40AFBE #BE40AF #AFBE40

tetradic

#40AFBE #8E40BE #BE4F40 #70BE40

square

#40AFBE #8E40BE #BE4F40 #70BE40

split-complementary

#40AFBE #BE4070 #BE8E40

monochromatic

#215B62 #318590 #40AFBE #6DC2CE #9BD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#40AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFBE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFBE	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7d1',
    500: '#40afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afbe;
$custom-light: #84c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69766,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFBE

secondary

#C99790

accent

#5F4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFBE

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

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