#40C5BD#40C5BD

#40C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5BD
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -37.14, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 37.70, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.1119 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.113 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2617, 44.6930, 55.1133)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5BD #C54048

analogous

#40C57A #40C5BD #408AC5

triadic

#40C5BD #BD40C5 #C5BD40

tetradic

#40C5BD #7A40C5 #C54048 #8AC540

square

#40C5BD #7A40C5 #C54048 #8AC540

split-complementary

#40C5BD #C5408A #C57A40

monochromatic

#206A66 #2F9993 #40C5BD #6FD3CD #9EE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#40C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5BD

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5BD	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d0',
    500: '#40c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5bd;
$custom-light: #87d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.391,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5BD

secondary

#CE9397

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5BD

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

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