#40C3AD#40C3AD

#40C3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3AD
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -40.53, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 40.53, 179.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1171 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.117 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1687, 43.1341, 46.3155)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3AD #C34056

analogous

#40C36B #40C3AD #4097C3

triadic

#40C3AD #AD40C3 #C3AD40

tetradic

#40C3AD #6B40C3 #C34056 #97C340

square

#40C3AD #6B40C3 #C34056 #97C340

split-complementary

#40C3AD #C34097 #C36B40

monochromatic

#21685C #2F9785 #40C3AD #6FD2C1 #9DE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40C3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#40C3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3AD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3AD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6c5',
    500: '#40c3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3ad;
$custom-light: #85d6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.924,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3AD

secondary

#CC929C

accent

#4C64DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3AD

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

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