#40CDAD#40CDAD

#40CDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDAD
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -44.89, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 45.18, 173.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1272 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.128 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4847, 47.7662, 47.0875)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDAD #CD4060

analogous

#40CD66 #40CDAD #40A6CD

triadic

#40CDAD #AD40CD #CDAD40

tetradic

#40CDAD #6640CD #CD4060 #A6CD40

square

#40CDAD #6640CD #CD4060 #A6CD40

split-complementary

#40CDAD #CD40A6 #CD6640

monochromatic

#1E7461 #2BA589 #40CDAD #71DAC2 #A1E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#40CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#40CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDAD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDAD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddc5',
    500: '#40cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdad;
$custom-light: #87ddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.383,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDAD

secondary

#D396A4

accent

#4669E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDAD

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

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