#40C8B1#40C8B1

#40C8B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B1
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 177)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 11.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -41.70, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 41.71, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1203 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.12 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7006, 45.5694, 48.7642)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B1 #C84057

analogous

#40C86D #40C8B1 #409BC8

triadic

#40C8B1 #B140C8 #C8B140

tetradic

#40C8B1 #6D40C8 #C84057 #9BC840

square

#40C8B1 #6D40C8 #C84057 #9BC840

split-complementary

#40C8B1 #C8409B #C86D40

monochromatic

#206E61 #2D9D8A #40C8B1 #70D6C4 #9FE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#40C8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B1

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B1	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c8',
    500: '#40c8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b1;
$custom-light: #86d9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B1

secondary

#D0949E

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B1

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

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