#40C3AC#40C3AC

#40C3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3AC
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -40.78, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 40.80, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.1175 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.118 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0723, 43.0955, 45.8078)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3AC #C34057

analogous

#40C36A #40C3AC #4098C3

triadic

#40C3AC #AC40C3 #C3AC40

tetradic

#40C3AC #6A40C3 #C34057 #98C340

square

#40C3AC #6A40C3 #C34057 #98C340

split-complementary

#40C3AC #C34098 #C36A40

monochromatic

#21685B #2F9784 #40C3AC #6FD2C0 #9DE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40C3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#40C3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3AC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3AC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6c4',
    500: '#40c3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3ac;
$custom-light: #85d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.466,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3AC

secondary

#CC929D

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3AC

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

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