#40C8AD#40C8AD

#40C8AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.122 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8AD
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -42.73, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 42.83, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1222 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.122 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3078, 45.4122, 46.6952)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8AD #C8405B

analogous

#40C869 #40C8AD #409FC8

triadic

#40C8AD #AD40C8 #C8AD40

tetradic

#40C8AD #6940C8 #C8405B #9FC840

square

#40C8AD #6940C8 #C8405B #9FC840

split-complementary

#40C8AD #C8409F #C86940

monochromatic

#206E5E #2D9D87 #40C8AD #70D6C1 #9FE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#40C8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8AD

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8AD	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)

#C0BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.122 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c5',
    500: '#40c8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ad;
$custom-light: #86d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75324,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8AD

secondary

#D094A0

accent

#4967DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8AD

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

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