#40C8A4#40C8A4

#40C8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A4
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -44.97, 7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 45.58, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1263 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.128 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4661, 45.0756, 42.2623)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A4 #C84064

analogous

#40C860 #40C8A4 #40A8C8

triadic

#40C8A4 #A440C8 #C8A440

tetradic

#40C8A4 #6040C8 #C84064 #A8C840

square

#40C8A4 #6040C8 #C84064 #A8C840

split-complementary

#40C8A4 #C840A8 #C86040

monochromatic

#206E59 #2D9D80 #40C8A4 #70D6BB #9FE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#40C8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A4

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A4	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bf',
    500: '#40c8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a4;
$custom-light: #86d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A4

secondary

#D094A4

accent

#4971DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A4

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

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