#40C5B5#40C5B5

#40C5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5B5
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -39.31, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 39.39, 183.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1155 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.116 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4172, 44.3552, 50.6655)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5B5 #C54050

analogous

#40C572 #40C5B5 #4092C5

triadic

#40C5B5 #B540C5 #C5B540

tetradic

#40C5B5 #7240C5 #C54050 #92C540

square

#40C5B5 #7240C5 #C54050 #92C540

split-complementary

#40C5B5 #C54092 #C57240

monochromatic

#206A61 #2F998C #40C5B5 #6FD3C7 #9EE2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#40C5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5B5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5B5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7cb',
    500: '#40c5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5b5;
$custom-light: #86d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5B5

secondary

#CE939A

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5B5

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

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