#40C5B3#40C5B3

#40C5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C5B3
RGBrgb(64, 197, 179)
HSLhsl(172, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.41, -39.84, -1.45)
CIE-LCHlch(72.41, 39.87, 182.08°)
OKLaboklab(74.76% -0.1164 -0.0045)
OKLCHoklch(74.76% 0.116 182.2)
XYZxyz(30.2134, 44.2737, 49.5925)
Luminance0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C5B3 #C54052
analogous
#40C570 #40C5B3 #4094C5
triadic
#40C5B3 #B340C5 #C5B340
tetradic
#40C5B3 #7040C5 #C54052 #94C540
square
#40C5B3 #7040C5 #C54052 #94C540
split-complementary
#40C5B3 #C54094 #C57040
monochromatic
#206A60 #2F998B #40C5B3 #6FD3C6 #9EE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#40C5B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86
#40C5B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5B3
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C5B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C5B31.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCBAB2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9ACB5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 182.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c9',
    500: '#40c5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c5b3;
$custom-light: #86d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.88,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C5B3
secondary
#CE939B
accent
#4B5FDD
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5B3

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#40C5B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva