#40C5A3#40C5A3

#40C5A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5A3
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -43.93, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 44.43, 171.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1237 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.125 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6881, 43.6636, 41.5592)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5A3 #C54062

analogous

#40C560 #40C5A3 #40A4C5

triadic

#40C5A3 #A340C5 #C5A340

tetradic

#40C5A3 #6040C5 #C54062 #A4C540

square

#40C5A3 #6040C5 #C54062 #A4C540

split-complementary

#40C5A3 #C540A4 #C56040

monochromatic

#206A57 #2F997E #40C5A3 #6FD3BA #9EE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C5A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#40C5A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5A3

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5A3	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)

#BFB8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7be',
    500: '#40c5a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5a3;
$custom-light: #85d7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.662,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74296,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5A3

secondary

#CE93A2

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5A3

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

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