#40C9B7#40C9B7

#40C9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9B7
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -40.57, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 40.61, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.1186 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.119 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5442, 46.2786, 52.0608)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9B7 #C94052

analogous

#40C973 #40C9B7 #4096C9

triadic

#40C9B7 #B740C9 #C9B740

tetradic

#40C9B7 #7340C9 #C94052 #96C940

square

#40C9B7 #7340C9 #C94052 #96C940

split-complementary

#40C9B7 #C94096 #C97340

monochromatic

#1F6F65 #2D9F90 #40C9B7 #70D6C9 #9FE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#40C9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9B7

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9B7	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dacc',
    500: '#40c9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9b7;
$custom-light: #87dacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7587,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9B7

secondary

#D0949C

accent

#495CDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9B7

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

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