#40C6AD#40C6AD

#40C6AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6AD
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -41.85, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 41.90, 177.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1201 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.12 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8476, 44.4919, 46.5418)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6AD #C64059

analogous

#40C66A #40C6AD #409CC6

triadic

#40C6AD #AD40C6 #C6AD40

tetradic

#40C6AD #6A40C6 #C64059 #9CC640

square

#40C6AD #6A40C6 #C64059 #9CC640

split-complementary

#40C6AD #C6409C #C66A40

monochromatic

#206C5D #2E9B86 #40C6AD #6FD4C1 #9EE2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#40C6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6AD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6AD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8c5',
    500: '#40c6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6ad;
$custom-light: #86d8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.806,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74829,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6AD

secondary

#CE939E

accent

#4A66DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6AD

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

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