#40C5C2#40C5C2

#40C5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5C2
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -35.75, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 36.86, 194.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1097 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.113 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8138, 44.9139, 58.0211)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5C2 #C54043

analogous

#40C57F #40C5C2 #4085C5

triadic

#40C5C2 #C240C5 #C5C240

tetradic

#40C5C2 #7F40C5 #C54043 #85C540

square

#40C5C2 #7F40C5 #C54043 #85C540

split-complementary

#40C5C2 #C54085 #C57F40

monochromatic

#206A69 #2F9997 #40C5C2 #6FD3D1 #9EE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#40C5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C2

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5C2	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d4',
    500: '#40c5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5c2;
$custom-light: #87d7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5C2

secondary

#CE9394

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C2

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

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