#40C2AC#40C2AC

#40C2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2AC
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -40.34, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 40.35, 178.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1165 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.117 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8490, 42.6489, 45.7334)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2AC #C24056

analogous

#40C26B #40C2AC #4097C2

triadic

#40C2AC #AC40C2 #C2AC40

tetradic

#40C2AC #6B40C2 #C24056 #97C240

square

#40C2AC #6B40C2 #C24056 #97C240

split-complementary

#40C2AC #C24097 #C26B40

monochromatic

#21675B #309584 #40C2AC #6ED1C0 #9DE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40C2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#40C2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2AC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2AC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5c4',
    500: '#40c2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2ac;
$custom-light: #85d5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.846,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2AC

secondary

#CC929C

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2AC

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

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