#40C5B2#40C5B2

#40C5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5B2
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -40.11, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 40.12, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1168 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.117 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1127, 44.2334, 49.0617)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5B2 #C54053

analogous

#40C56F #40C5B2 #4095C5

triadic

#40C5B2 #B240C5 #C5B240

tetradic

#40C5B2 #6F40C5 #C54053 #95C540

square

#40C5B2 #6F40C5 #C54053 #95C540

split-complementary

#40C5B2 #C54095 #C56F40

monochromatic

#206A60 #2F998A #40C5B2 #6FD3C5 #9EE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#40C5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5B2

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5B2	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c9',
    500: '#40c5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5b2;
$custom-light: #86d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5B2

secondary

#CE939B

accent

#4B60DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5B2

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

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