#40C5BB#40C5BB

#40C5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5BB
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -37.69, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 38.09, 188.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.1128 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.114 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0461, 44.6068, 53.9778)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5BB #C5404A

analogous

#40C578 #40C5BB #408CC5

triadic

#40C5BB #BB40C5 #C5BB40

tetradic

#40C5BB #7840C5 #C5404A #8CC540

square

#40C5BB #7840C5 #C5404A #8CC540

split-complementary

#40C5BB #C5408C #C57840

monochromatic

#206A65 #2F9991 #40C5BB #6FD3CC #9EE2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#40C5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5BB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5BB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7cf',
    500: '#40c5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5bb;
$custom-light: #87d7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75017,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5BB

secondary

#CE9397

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5BB

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

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