#40BFAF#40BFAF

#40BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFAF
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -38.20, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 38.26, 183.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.112 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.112 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4794, 41.4435, 47.0476)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFAF #BF4050

analogous

#40BF70 #40BFAF #408FBF

triadic

#40BFAF #AF40BF #BFAF40

tetradic

#40BFAF #7040BF #BF4050 #8FBF40

square

#40BFAF #7040BF #BF4050 #8FBF40

split-complementary

#40BFAF #BF408F #BF7040

monochromatic

#21635B #319185 #40BFAF #6ECEC2 #9CDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#40BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFAF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFAF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c6',
    500: '#40bfaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfaf;
$custom-light: #85d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFAF

secondary

#CA9198

accent

#4E60D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFAF

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

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