#40C5C0#40C5C0

#40C5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5C0
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 192)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -36.31, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 37.18, 192.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1106 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.113 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5907, 44.8247, 56.8461)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5C0 #C54045

analogous

#40C57D #40C5C0 #4087C5

triadic

#40C5C0 #C040C5 #C5C040

tetradic

#40C5C0 #7D40C5 #C54045 #87C540

square

#40C5C0 #7D40C5 #C54045 #87C540

split-complementary

#40C5C0 #C54087 #C57D40

monochromatic

#206A68 #2F9995 #40C5C0 #6FD3CF #9EE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#40C5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C0

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5C0	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d3',
    500: '#40c5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5c0;
$custom-light: #87d7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5C0

secondary

#CE9395

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C0

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

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