#40C7A9#40C7A9

#40C7A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C7A9
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 169)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -43.30, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 43.54, 174.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.123 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.124 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6957, 44.7981, 44.6103)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C7A9 #C7405E

analogous

#40C766 #40C7A9 #40A2C7

triadic

#40C7A9 #A940C7 #C7A940

tetradic

#40C7A9 #6640C7 #C7405E #A2C740

square

#40C7A9 #6640C7 #C7405E #A2C740

split-complementary

#40C7A9 #C740A2 #C76640

monochromatic

#206D5C #2E9C84 #40C7A9 #6FD5BE #9FE3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#40C7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C7A9

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C7A9	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)

#C0BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c2',
    500: '#40c7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c7a9;
$custom-light: #86d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74961,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C7A9

secondary

#CF94A1

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C7A9

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

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