#40C5B7#40C5B7

#40C5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5B7
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 183)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 7.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -38.78, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 38.93, 185.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1146 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.115 185)
XYZ	xyz(30.6238, 44.4379, 51.7540)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5B7 #C5404E

analogous

#40C574 #40C5B7 #4090C5

triadic

#40C5B7 #B740C5 #C5B740

tetradic

#40C5B7 #7440C5 #C5404E #90C540

square

#40C5B7 #7440C5 #C5404E #90C540

split-complementary

#40C5B7 #C54090 #C57440

monochromatic

#206A63 #2F998E #40C5B7 #6FD3C9 #9EE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#40C5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5B7

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5B7	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7cc',
    500: '#40c5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5b7;
$custom-light: #86d7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.44441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5B7

secondary

#CE9399

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5B7

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

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