#40C6B5#40C6B5

#40C6B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C6B5
RGBrgb(64, 198, 181)
HSLhsl(172, 54%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.77, -39.76, -2.01)
CIE-LCHlch(72.77, 39.81, 182.90°)
OKLaboklab(75.07% -0.1165 -0.0061)
OKLCHoklch(75.07% 0.117 183)
XYZxyz(30.6450, 44.8109, 50.7414)
Luminance0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C6B5 #C64051
analogous
#40C672 #40C6B5 #4094C6
triadic
#40C6B5 #B540C6 #C6B540
tetradic
#40C6B5 #7240C6 #C64051 #94C640
square
#40C6B5 #7240C6 #C64051 #94C640
split-complementary
#40C6B5 #C64094 #C67240
monochromatic
#206C62 #2E9B8D #40C6B5 #6FD4C7 #9EE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#40C6B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96
#40C6B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6B5
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C6B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C6B51.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDBBB4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAADB7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 183.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8cb',
    500: '#40c6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c6b5;
$custom-light: #86d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.388,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75071,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.44814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C6B5
secondary
#CE939B
accent
#4A5DDD
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6B5

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#40C6B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva