#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
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -39.76, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 39.81, 182.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1165 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.117 183)
XYZ	xyz(30.6450, 44.8109, 50.7414)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C6B5	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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