#40AFC5#40AFC5

#40AFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFC5
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -24.18, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 31.63, 220.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0861 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.103 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5181, 35.7781, 58.2681)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFC5 #C55640

analogous

#40C598 #40AFC5 #406CC5

triadic

#40AFC5 #C540AF #AFC540

tetradic

#40AFC5 #9840C5 #C55640 #6CC540

square

#40AFC5 #9840C5 #C55640 #6CC540

split-complementary

#40AFC5 #C5406C #C59840

monochromatic

#205E6A #2F8899 #40AFC5 #6FC3D3 #9ED6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40AFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#40AFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFC5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFC5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7d6',
    500: '#40afc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afc5;
$custom-light: #85c7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFC5

secondary

#CE9D93

accent

#634BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFC5

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

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