#40C5BC#40C5BC

#40C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5BC
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -37.42, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 37.89, 189.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.1123 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.114 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1535, 44.6498, 54.5436)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5BC #C54049

analogous

#40C579 #40C5BC #408BC5

triadic

#40C5BC #BC40C5 #C5BC40

tetradic

#40C5BC #7940C5 #C54049 #8BC540

square

#40C5BC #7940C5 #C54049 #8BC540

split-complementary

#40C5BC #C5408B #C57940

monochromatic

#206A65 #2F9992 #40C5BC #6FD3CC #9EE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#40C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5BC

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5BC	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d0',
    500: '#40c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5bc;
$custom-light: #87d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5BC

secondary

#CE9397

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5BC

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

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