#40C5C9#40C5C9

#40C5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C5C9
RGBrgb(64, 197, 201)
HSLhsl(182, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(182, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.05, -33.76, -12.47)
CIE-LCHlch(73.05, 35.99, 200.28°)
OKLaboklab(75.49% -0.1067 -0.0346)
OKLCHoklch(75.49% 0.112 198)
XYZxyz(32.6185, 45.2358, 62.2593)
Luminance0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C5C9 #C94440
analogous
#40C989 #40C5C9 #4081C9
triadic
#40C5C9 #C940C5 #C5C940
tetradic
#40C5C9 #8940C9 #C94440 #81C940
square
#40C5C9 #8940C9 #C94440 #81C940
split-complementary
#40C5C9 #C94081 #C98940
monochromatic
#1F6D6F #2D9C9F #40C5C9 #70D3D6 #9FE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#40C5C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05
#40C5C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5C9
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C5C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C5C91.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7BCCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3ADCA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 198.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7d9',
    500: '#40c5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c5c9;
$custom-light: #88d7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.4524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C5C9
secondary
#D09694
accent
#4D49DF
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5C9

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#40C5C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva