#40C5CF#40C5CF

#40C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5CF
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -32.02, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 35.55, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1041 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.113 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3381, 45.5236, 66.0493)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5CF #CF4A40

analogous

#40CF91 #40C5CF #407DCF

triadic

#40C5CF #CF40C5 #C5CF40

tetradic

#40C5CF #9140CF #CF4A40 #7DCF40

square

#40C5CF #9140CF #CF4A40 #7DCF40

split-complementary

#40C5CF #CF407D #CF9140

monochromatic

#1E7177 #2A9FA8 #40C5CF #71D4DB #A2E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#40C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5CF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5CF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dd',
    500: '#40c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5cf;
$custom-light: #88d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75706,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5CF

secondary

#D49B97

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5CF

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

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