#40C8B5#40C8B5

#40C8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B5
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -40.66, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 40.67, 181.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1185 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.119 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1051, 45.7312, 50.8948)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B5 #C84053

analogous

#40C871 #40C8B5 #4097C8

triadic

#40C8B5 #B540C8 #C8B540

tetradic

#40C8B5 #7140C8 #C84053 #97C840

square

#40C8B5 #7140C8 #C84053 #97C840

split-complementary

#40C8B5 #C84097 #C87140

monochromatic

#206E63 #2D9D8E #40C8B5 #70D6C7 #9FE3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#40C8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B5

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B5	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9cb',
    500: '#40c8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b5;
$custom-light: #87d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.618,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B5

secondary

#D0949C

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B5

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

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