#40C5B4#40C5B4

#40C5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5B4
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -39.58, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 39.63, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1159 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.116 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3149, 44.3143, 50.1270)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5B4 #C54051

analogous

#40C571 #40C5B4 #4093C5

triadic

#40C5B4 #B440C5 #C5B440

tetradic

#40C5B4 #7140C5 #C54051 #93C540

square

#40C5B4 #7140C5 #C54051 #93C540

split-complementary

#40C5B4 #C54093 #C57140

monochromatic

#206A61 #2F998C #40C5B4 #6FD3C6 #9EE2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#40C5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5B4

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5B4	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7ca',
    500: '#40c5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5b4;
$custom-light: #86d7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5B4

secondary

#CE939B

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5B4

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

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