#40D8C2#40D8C2

#40D8C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8C2
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 194)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -44.29, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 44.29, 180.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1286 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.129 181)
XYZ	xyz(36.4031, 54.0925, 59.5508)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8C2 #D84056

analogous

#40D876 #40D8C2 #40A2D8

triadic

#40D8C2 #C240D8 #D8C240

tetradic

#40D8C2 #7640D8 #D84056 #A2D840

square

#40D8C2 #7640D8 #D84056 #A2D840

split-complementary

#40D8C2 #D840A2 #D87640

monochromatic

#1B8374 #25B6A1 #40D8C2 #73E2D2 #A6EDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#40D8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#40D8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8C2

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8C2	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECBC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5d4',
    500: '#40d8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8c2;
$custom-light: #8ae5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.316,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.54097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8C2

secondary

#8A333F

accent

#3F57E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8C2

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

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