#40C5BF#40C5BF

#40C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5BF
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -36.59, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 37.35, 191.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.111 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.113 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4803, 44.7805, 56.2645)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5BF #C54046

analogous

#40C57C #40C5BF #4088C5

triadic

#40C5BF #BF40C5 #C5BF40

tetradic

#40C5BF #7C40C5 #C54046 #88C540

square

#40C5BF #7C40C5 #C54046 #88C540

split-complementary

#40C5BF #C54088 #C57C40

monochromatic

#206A67 #2F9994 #40C5BF #6FD3CF #9EE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#40C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5BF

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5BF	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d2',
    500: '#40c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5bf;
$custom-light: #87d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.293,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75148,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5BF

secondary

#CE9396

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5BF

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

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