#40C8A9#40C8A9

#40C8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8A9
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -43.74, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 44.01, 173.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.124 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.125 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9265, 45.2597, 44.6872)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8A9 #C8405F

analogous

#40C865 #40C8A9 #40A3C8

triadic

#40C8A9 #A940C8 #C8A940

tetradic

#40C8A9 #6540C8 #C8405F #A3C840

square

#40C8A9 #6540C8 #C8405F #A3C840

split-complementary

#40C8A9 #C840A3 #C86540

monochromatic

#206E5C #2D9D84 #40C8A9 #70D6BE #9FE3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#40C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8A9

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8A9	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)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c2',
    500: '#40c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8a9;
$custom-light: #86d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.324,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75209,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8A9

secondary

#D094A2

accent

#496BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8A9

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

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