#40AFBF#40AFBF

#40AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFBF
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -26.01, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 31.29, 213.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0885 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.101 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8443, 35.5085, 54.7192)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFBF #BF5040

analogous

#40BF8F #40AFBF #4070BF

triadic

#40AFBF #BF40AF #AFBF40

tetradic

#40AFBF #8F40BF #BF5040 #70BF40

square

#40AFBF #8F40BF #BF5040 #70BF40

split-complementary

#40AFBF #BF4070 #BF8F40

monochromatic

#215B63 #318591 #40AFBF #6EC2CE #9CD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#40AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFBF

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFBF	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7d2',
    500: '#40afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afbf;
$custom-light: #85c7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.559,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFBF

secondary

#CA9891

accent

#604ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFBF

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

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