#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
RGBrgb(64, 197, 197)
HSLhsl(180, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(180, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 0%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.92, -34.90, -10.48)
CIE-LCHlch(72.92, 36.44, 196.71°)
OKLaboklab(75.35% -0.1084 -0.0291)
OKLCHoklch(75.35% 0.112 195)
XYZxyz(32.1541, 45.0500, 59.8134)
Luminance0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C5C51.002.1010.0110.01
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0121.001.001.00
##00000010.0121.001.001.00

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

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#40C5C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva