#40C8A5#40C8A5

#40C8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A5
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -44.72, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 45.26, 171.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1259 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.127 172)
XYZ	xyz(29.5567, 45.1118, 42.7398)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A5 #C84063

analogous

#40C861 #40C8A5 #40A7C8

triadic

#40C8A5 #A540C8 #C8A540

tetradic

#40C8A5 #6140C8 #C84063 #A7C840

square

#40C8A5 #6140C8 #C84063 #A7C840

split-complementary

#40C8A5 #C840A7 #C86140

monochromatic

#206E5A #2D9D81 #40C8A5 #70D6BB #9FE3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#40C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A5

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A5	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)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bf',
    500: '#40c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a5;
$custom-light: #86d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.45115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A5

secondary

#D094A3

accent

#4970DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A5

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

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