#40AFC4#40AFC4

#40AFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFC4
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 196)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -24.49, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 31.55, 219.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0865 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.103 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4039, 35.7324, 57.6666)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFC4 #C45540

analogous

#40C497 #40AFC4 #406DC4

triadic

#40AFC4 #C440AF #AFC440

tetradic

#40AFC4 #9740C4 #C45540 #6DC440

square

#40AFC4 #9740C4 #C45540 #6DC440

split-complementary

#40AFC4 #C4406D #C49740

monochromatic

#205E69 #2F8798 #40AFC4 #6FC3D2 #9ED6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40AFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#40AFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFC4

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFC4	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7d5',
    500: '#40afc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afc4;
$custom-light: #85c7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFC4

secondary

#CD9C93

accent

#634CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFC4

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

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