#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
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 201)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -33.76, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 35.99, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1067 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(32.6185, 45.2358, 62.2593)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C5C9	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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