#40C5AA#40C5AA

#40C5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5AA
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -42.18, 3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 42.29, 175.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1205 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.121 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3327, 43.9215, 44.9542)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5AA #C5405B

analogous

#40C567 #40C5AA #409DC5

triadic

#40C5AA #AA40C5 #C5AA40

tetradic

#40C5AA #6740C5 #C5405B #9DC540

square

#40C5AA #6740C5 #C5405B #9DC540

split-complementary

#40C5AA #C5409D #C56740

monochromatic

#206A5B #2F9984 #40C5AA #6FD3BF #9EE2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#40C5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5AA

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5AA	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c3',
    500: '#40c5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5aa;
$custom-light: #86d7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.82,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5AA

secondary

#CE939F

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5AA

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

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