#40C6AB#40C6AB

#40C6AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6AB
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 171)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -42.36, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 42.47, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.121 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.121 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6555, 44.4151, 45.5302)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6AB #C6405B

analogous

#40C668 #40C6AB #409EC6

triadic

#40C6AB #AB40C6 #C6AB40

tetradic

#40C6AB #6840C6 #C6405B #9EC640

square

#40C6AB #6840C6 #C6405B #9EC640

split-complementary

#40C6AB #C6409E #C66840

monochromatic

#206C5C #2E9B85 #40C6AB #6FD4C0 #9EE2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#40C6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6AB

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6AB	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8c4',
    500: '#40c6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6ab;
$custom-light: #86d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.91,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6AB

secondary

#CE939F

accent

#4A68DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6AB

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

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