#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
RGBrgb(64, 197, 199)
HSLhsl(181, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(181, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.99, -34.33, -11.48)
CIE-LCHlch(72.99, 36.20, 198.48°)
OKLaboklab(75.42% -0.1075 -0.0319)
OKLCHoklch(75.42% 0.112 196.5)
XYZxyz(32.3848, 45.1423, 61.0283)
Luminance0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C5C71.002.0910.0310.03
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0321.001.001.00
##00000010.0321.001.001.00

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

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#40C5C7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva