#40C5C7#40C5C7

#40C5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5C7
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 199)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -34.33, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 36.20, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1075 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3848, 45.1423, 61.0283)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5C7 #C74240

analogous

#40C786 #40C5C7 #4082C7

triadic

#40C5C7 #C740C5 #C5C740

tetradic

#40C5C7 #8640C7 #C74240 #82C740

square

#40C5C7 #8640C7 #C74240 #82C740

split-complementary

#40C5C7 #C74082 #C78640

monochromatic

#206C6D #2E9A9C #40C5C7 #6FD3D5 #9FE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#40C5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C7

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5C7	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7d8',
    500: '#40c5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5c7;
$custom-light: #88d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5C7

secondary

#CF9594

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C7

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

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