#40C8A6#40C8A6

#40C8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A6
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -44.48, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 44.94, 171.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1254 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.126 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6481, 45.1484, 43.2210)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A6 #C84062

analogous

#40C862 #40C8A6 #40A6C8

triadic

#40C8A6 #A640C8 #C8A640

tetradic

#40C8A6 #6240C8 #C84062 #A6C840

square

#40C8A6 #6240C8 #C84062 #A6C840

split-complementary

#40C8A6 #C840A6 #C86240

monochromatic

#206E5A #2D9D81 #40C8A6 #70D6BC #9FE3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#40C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A6

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A6	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c0',
    500: '#40c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a6;
$custom-light: #86d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A6

secondary

#D094A3

accent

#496FDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A6

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

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