#40C5A2#40C5A2

#40C5A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5A2
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -44.17, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 44.75, 170.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1242 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.126 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5989, 43.6279, 41.0892)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5A2 #C54063

analogous

#40C55F #40C5A2 #40A5C5

triadic

#40C5A2 #A240C5 #C5A240

tetradic

#40C5A2 #5F40C5 #C54063 #A5C540

square

#40C5A2 #5F40C5 #C54063 #A5C540

split-complementary

#40C5A2 #C540A5 #C55F40

monochromatic

#206A57 #2F997D #40C5A2 #6FD3B9 #9EE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#40C5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5A2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5A2	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7bd',
    500: '#40c5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5a2;
$custom-light: #85d7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5A2

secondary

#CE93A2

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5A2

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

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