#40C5CA#40C5CA

#40C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5CA
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -33.47, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 35.90, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1062 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7365, 45.2830, 62.8808)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5CA #CA4540

analogous

#40CA8A #40C5CA #4080CA

triadic

#40C5CA #CA40C5 #C5CA40

tetradic

#40C5CA #8A40CA #CA4540 #80CA40

square

#40C5CA #8A40CA #CA4540 #80CA40

split-complementary

#40C5CA #CA4080 #CA8A40

monochromatic

#1F6D70 #2C9CA0 #40C5CA #70D4D7 #A0E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#40C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5CA

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5CA	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7da',
    500: '#40c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5ca;
$custom-light: #88d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75526,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5CA

secondary

#D19795

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5CA

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

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