#40C5BE#40C5BE

#40C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5BE
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -36.87, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 37.52, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1114 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.113 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3706, 44.7366, 55.6869)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5BE #C54047

analogous

#40C57B #40C5BE #4089C5

triadic

#40C5BE #BE40C5 #C5BE40

tetradic

#40C5BE #7B40C5 #C54047 #89C540

square

#40C5BE #7B40C5 #C54047 #89C540

split-complementary

#40C5BE #C54089 #C57B40

monochromatic

#206A66 #2F9994 #40C5BE #6FD3CE #9EE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#40C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5BE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5BE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d1',
    500: '#40c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5be;
$custom-light: #87d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75115,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5BE

secondary

#CE9396

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5BE

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

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