#40C8AC#40C8AC

#40C8AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8AC
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -42.98, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 43.12, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.1226 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.123 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2114, 45.3737, 46.1875)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8AC #C8405C

analogous

#40C868 #40C8AC #40A0C8

triadic

#40C8AC #AC40C8 #C8AC40

tetradic

#40C8AC #6840C8 #C8405C #A0C840

square

#40C8AC #6840C8 #C8405C #A0C840

split-complementary

#40C8AC #C840A0 #C86840

monochromatic

#206E5E #2D9D86 #40C8AC #70D6C1 #9FE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#40C8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8AC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8AC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c4',
    500: '#40c8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ac;
$custom-light: #86d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8AC

secondary

#D094A0

accent

#4968DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8AC

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

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