#40C4AA#40C4AA

#40C4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4AA
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -41.74, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 41.83, 176.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1195 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.12 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1064, 43.4689, 44.8788)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4AA #C4405A

analogous

#40C468 #40C4AA #409CC4

triadic

#40C4AA #AA40C4 #C4AA40

tetradic

#40C4AA #6840C4 #C4405A #9CC440

square

#40C4AA #6840C4 #C4405A #9CC440

split-complementary

#40C4AA #C4409C #C46840

monochromatic

#20695B #2F9883 #40C4AA #6FD2BF #9EE1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#40C4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4AA

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4AA	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6c3',
    500: '#40c4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4aa;
$custom-light: #85d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4AA

secondary

#CD939E

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4AA

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

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