#40C5AE#40C5AE

#40C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5AE
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -41.15, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 41.17, 178.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1186 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.119 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7169, 44.0751, 46.9774)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5AE #C54057

analogous

#40C56B #40C5AE #4099C5

triadic

#40C5AE #AE40C5 #C5AE40

tetradic

#40C5AE #6B40C5 #C54057 #99C540

square

#40C5AE #6B40C5 #C54057 #99C540

split-complementary

#40C5AE #C54099 #C56B40

monochromatic

#206A5E #2F9987 #40C5AE #6FD3C2 #9EE2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#40C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5AE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5AE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c6',
    500: '#40c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5ae;
$custom-light: #86d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.624,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5AE

secondary

#CE939D

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5AE

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

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