#40C0AC#40C0AC

#40C0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0AC
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 10.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -39.45, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 39.45, 180.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1144 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.114 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4068, 41.7646, 45.5860)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0AC #C04054

analogous

#40C06C #40C0AC #4094C0

triadic

#40C0AC #AC40C0 #C0AC40

tetradic

#40C0AC #6C40C0 #C04054 #94C040

square

#40C0AC #6C40C0 #C04054 #94C040

split-complementary

#40C0AC #C04094 #C06C40

monochromatic

#21645A #309283 #40C0AC #6ECFC0 #9CDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40C0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#40C0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0AC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0AC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c4',
    500: '#40c0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0ac;
$custom-light: #85d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0AC

secondary

#CB919A

accent

#4E64DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0AC

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

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