#40C5AD#40C5AD

#40C5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5AD
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -41.41, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 41.44, 177.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1191 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.119 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6198, 44.0363, 46.4659)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5AD #C54058

analogous

#40C56A #40C5AD #409AC5

triadic

#40C5AD #AD40C5 #C5AD40

tetradic

#40C5AD #6A40C5 #C54058 #9AC540

square

#40C5AD #6A40C5 #C54058 #9AC540

split-complementary

#40C5AD #C5409A #C56A40

monochromatic

#206A5D #2F9986 #40C5AD #6FD3C1 #9EE2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#40C5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5AD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5AD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c5',
    500: '#40c5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5ad;
$custom-light: #86d7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.173,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5AD

secondary

#CE939E

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5AD

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

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