#40C2C5#40C2C5

#40C2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2C5
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 197)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -33.49, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 35.52, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1054 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4797, 43.7012, 59.5886)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2C5 #C54340

analogous

#40C585 #40C2C5 #407FC5

triadic

#40C2C5 #C540C2 #C2C540

tetradic

#40C2C5 #8540C5 #C54340 #7FC540

square

#40C2C5 #8540C5 #C54340 #7FC540

split-complementary

#40C2C5 #C5407F #C58540

monochromatic

#20696A #2F9799 #40C2C5 #6FD1D3 #9EE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#40C2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2C5

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2C5	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d6',
    500: '#40c2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2c5;
$custom-light: #87d5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74625,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2C5

secondary

#CE9493

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2C5

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

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