#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
RGBrgb(64, 197, 163)
HSLhsl(165, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(165, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.00, -43.93, 6.65)
CIE-LCHlch(72.00, 44.43, 171.39°)
OKLaboklab(74.3% -0.1237 0.0169)
OKLCHoklch(74.3% 0.125 172.2)
XYZxyz(28.6881, 43.6636, 41.5592)
Luminance0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##40C5A31.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

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

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#40C5A3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva