#40C9AF#40C9AF

#40C9AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9AF
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 12.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -42.66, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 42.72, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1223 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.122 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7351, 45.9549, 47.7995)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9AF #C9405A

analogous

#40C96B #40C9AF #409FC9

triadic

#40C9AF #AF40C9 #C9AF40

tetradic

#40C9AF #6B40C9 #C9405A #9FC940

square

#40C9AF #6B40C9 #C9405A #9FC940

split-complementary

#40C9AF #C9409F #C96B40

monochromatic

#1F6F60 #2D9F89 #40C9AF #70D6C3 #9FE4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#40C9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9AF

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9AF	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dac6',
    500: '#40c9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9af;
$custom-light: #86dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.613,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9AF

secondary

#D094A0

accent

#4965DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9AF

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

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