#40C2A8#40C2A8

#40C2A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2A8
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 13.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -41.37, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 41.46, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1183 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.119 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4706, 42.4975, 43.7406)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2A8 #C2405A

analogous

#40C267 #40C2A8 #409BC2

triadic

#40C2A8 #A840C2 #C2A840

tetradic

#40C2A8 #6740C2 #C2405A #9BC240

square

#40C2A8 #6740C2 #C2405A #9BC240

split-complementary

#40C2A8 #C2409B #C26740

monochromatic

#216759 #309581 #40C2A8 #6ED1BD #9DE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40C2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#40C2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2A8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2A8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5c1',
    500: '#40c2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2a8;
$custom-light: #85d5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2A8

secondary

#CC929E

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2A8

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

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