#40B4AF#40B4AF

#40B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4AF
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -33.10, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 33.84, 191.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1006 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.103 191)
XYZ	xyz(26.1700, 36.8248, 46.2778)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4AF #B44045

analogous

#40B475 #40B4AF #407FB4

triadic

#40B4AF #AF40B4 #B4AF40

tetradic

#40B4AF #7540B4 #B44045 #7FB440

square

#40B4AF #7540B4 #B44045 #7FB440

split-complementary

#40B4AF #B4407F #B47540

monochromatic

#205A57 #308783 #40B4AF #68C9C5 #95D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#40B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#40B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4AF

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4AF	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbc6',
    500: '#40b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4af;
$custom-light: #84cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.36828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4AF

secondary

#C58B8D

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4AF

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

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