#40C5CD#40C5CD

#40C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5CD
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -32.60, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 35.66, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.105 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0952, 45.4265, 64.7697)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5CD #CD4840

analogous

#40CD8E #40C5CD #407FCD

triadic

#40C5CD #CD40C5 #C5CD40

tetradic

#40C5CD #8E40CD #CD4840 #7FCD40

square

#40C5CD #8E40CD #CD4840 #7FCD40

split-complementary

#40C5CD #CD407F #CD8E40

monochromatic

#1E6F74 #2B9EA5 #40C5CD #71D4DA #A1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#40C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5CD

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5CD	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dc',
    500: '#40c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5cd;
$custom-light: #88d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5CD

secondary

#D39996

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5CD

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

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