#40C8AB#40C8AB

#40C8AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8AB
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -43.23, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 43.41, 174.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.1231 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.123 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1157, 45.3354, 45.6836)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8AB #C8405D

analogous

#40C867 #40C8AB #40A1C8

triadic

#40C8AB #AB40C8 #C8AB40

tetradic

#40C8AB #6740C8 #C8405D #A1C840

square

#40C8AB #6740C8 #C8405D #A1C840

split-complementary

#40C8AB #C840A1 #C86740

monochromatic

#206E5D #2D9D86 #40C8AB #70D6C0 #9FE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#40C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8AB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8AB	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c4',
    500: '#40c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ab;
$custom-light: #86d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75266,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8AB

secondary

#D094A1

accent

#4969DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8AB

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

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