#40CAAD#40CAAD

#40CAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAAD
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -43.60, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 43.76, 175.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1242 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.125 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7740, 46.3447, 46.8506)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAAD #CA405D

analogous

#40CA68 #40CAAD #40A2CA

triadic

#40CAAD #AD40CA #CAAD40

tetradic

#40CAAD #6840CA #CA405D #A2CA40

square

#40CAAD #6840CA #CA405D #A2CA40

split-complementary

#40CAAD #CA40A2 #CA6840

monochromatic

#1F705F #2CA088 #40CAAD #70D7C2 #A0E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#40CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAAD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAAD	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbc5',
    500: '#40caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40caad;
$custom-light: #86dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAAD

secondary

#D195A1

accent

#4868E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAAD

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

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