#40C5C5#40C5C5

#40C5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5C5
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 197)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -34.90, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 36.44, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1084 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.112 195)
XYZ	xyz(32.1541, 45.0500, 59.8134)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5C5 #C54040

analogous

#40C582 #40C5C5 #4082C5

triadic

#40C5C5 #C540C5 #C5C540

tetradic

#40C5C5 #8240C5 #C54040 #82C540

square

#40C5C5 #8240C5 #C54040 #82C540

split-complementary

#40C5C5 #C54082 #C58240

monochromatic

#206A6A #2F9999 #40C5C5 #6FD3D3 #9EE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#40C5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C5

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5C5	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7d6',
    500: '#40c5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5c5;
$custom-light: #87d7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.45054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5C5

secondary

#CE9393

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C5

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

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