#40AFC3#40AFC3

#40AFC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFC3
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -24.80, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 31.48, 218.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0869 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.102 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2905, 35.6870, 57.0692)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFC3 #C35440

analogous

#40C395 #40AFC3 #406DC3

triadic

#40AFC3 #C340AF #AFC340

tetradic

#40AFC3 #9540C3 #C35440 #6DC340

square

#40AFC3 #9540C3 #C35440 #6DC340

split-complementary

#40AFC3 #C3406D #C39540

monochromatic

#215D68 #2F8797 #40AFC3 #6FC3D2 #9DD6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40AFC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#40AFC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFC3

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFC3	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7d5',
    500: '#40afc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afc3;
$custom-light: #85c7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFC3

secondary

#CC9B92

accent

#624CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFC3

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

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