#40C3AA#40C3AA

#40C3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3AA
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -41.30, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 41.36, 176.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1184 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.119 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8816, 43.0192, 44.8038)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3AA #C34059

analogous

#40C368 #40C3AA #409AC3

triadic

#40C3AA #AA40C3 #C3AA40

tetradic

#40C3AA #6840C3 #C34059 #9AC340

square

#40C3AA #6840C3 #C34059 #9AC340

split-complementary

#40C3AA #C3409A #C36840

monochromatic

#21685A #2F9783 #40C3AA #6FD2BF #9DE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#40C3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3AA

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3AA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6c3',
    500: '#40c3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3aa;
$custom-light: #85d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73998,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3AA

secondary

#CC929D

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3AA

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

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