#40C8A8#40C8A8

#40C8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A8
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -43.98, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 44.32, 172.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1245 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.125 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8330, 45.2223, 44.1947)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A8 #C84060

analogous

#40C864 #40C8A8 #40A4C8

triadic

#40C8A8 #A840C8 #C8A840

tetradic

#40C8A8 #6440C8 #C84060 #A4C840

square

#40C8A8 #6440C8 #C84060 #A4C840

split-complementary

#40C8A8 #C840A4 #C86440

monochromatic

#206E5C #2D9D83 #40C8A8 #70D6BE #9FE3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#40C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A8

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A8	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c1',
    500: '#40c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a8;
$custom-light: #86d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A8

secondary

#D094A2

accent

#496CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A8

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

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