#40C8A2#40C8A2

#40C8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A2
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -45.45, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 46.23, 169.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.1272 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.129 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2869, 45.0039, 41.3186)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A2 #C84066

analogous

#40C85E #40C8A2 #40AAC8

triadic

#40C8A2 #A240C8 #C8A240

tetradic

#40C8A2 #5E40C8 #C84066 #AAC840

square

#40C8A2 #5E40C8 #C84066 #AAC840

split-complementary

#40C8A2 #C840AA #C85E40

monochromatic

#206E58 #2D9D7E #40C8A2 #70D6B9 #9FE3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#40C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A2

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A2	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bd',
    500: '#40c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a2;
$custom-light: #86d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A2

secondary

#D094A5

accent

#4973DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A2

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