#40C5C8#40C5C8

#40C5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5C8
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -34.05, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 36.09, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.1071 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5013, 45.1889, 61.6418)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5C8 #C84340

analogous

#40C887 #40C5C8 #4081C8

triadic

#40C5C8 #C840C5 #C5C840

tetradic

#40C5C8 #8740C8 #C84340 #81C840

square

#40C5C8 #8740C8 #C84340 #81C840

split-complementary

#40C5C8 #C84081 #C88740

monochromatic

#206C6E #2D9B9D #40C5C8 #70D3D6 #9FE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#40C5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C8

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5C8	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7d8',
    500: '#40c5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5c8;
$custom-light: #88d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5C8

secondary

#D09594

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C8

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

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