#40C0AE#40C0AE

#40C0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0AE
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -38.92, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 38.94, 181.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1135 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.114 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6004, 41.8421, 46.6052)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0AE #C04052

analogous

#40C06E #40C0AE #4092C0

triadic

#40C0AE #AE40C0 #C0AE40

tetradic

#40C0AE #6E40C0 #C04052 #92C040

square

#40C0AE #6E40C0 #C04052 #92C040

split-complementary

#40C0AE #C04092 #C06E40

monochromatic

#21645B #309285 #40C0AE #6ECFC2 #9CDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40C0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#40C0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0AE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0AE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c6',
    500: '#40c0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0ae;
$custom-light: #85d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.563,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0AE

secondary

#CB9199

accent

#4E62DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0AE

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

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