#40D8AE#40D8AE

#40D8AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8AE
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -49.28, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 50.16, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.1377 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.14 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3062, 53.2537, 48.5072)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8AE #D8406A

analogous

#40D862 #40D8AE #40B6D8

triadic

#40D8AE #AE40D8 #D8AE40

tetradic

#40D8AE #6240D8 #D8406A #B6D840

square

#40D8AE #6240D8 #D8406A #B6D840

split-complementary

#40D8AE #D840B6 #D86240

monochromatic

#1B8366 #25B68E #40D8AE #73E2C4 #A6EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#40D8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#40D8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8AE

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8AE	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c6',
    500: '#40d8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8ae;
$custom-light: #89e5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.421,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79306,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8AE

secondary

#8A334B

accent

#3F6EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8AE

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

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