#40C4A2#40C4A2

#40C4A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.124 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4A2
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -43.74, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 44.26, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1232 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.124 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3726, 43.1753, 41.0138)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4A2 #C44062

analogous

#40C460 #40C4A2 #40A4C4

triadic

#40C4A2 #A240C4 #C4A240

tetradic

#40C4A2 #6040C4 #C44062 #A4C440

square

#40C4A2 #6040C4 #C44062 #A4C440

split-complementary

#40C4A2 #C440A4 #C46040

monochromatic

#206956 #2F987D #40C4A2 #6FD2B9 #9EE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40C4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#40C4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4A2

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4A2	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.124 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6bd',
    500: '#40c4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4a2;
$custom-light: #85d6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74018,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4A2

secondary

#CD93A2

accent

#4C71DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4A2

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

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