#40B2C4#40B2C4

#40B2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2C4
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -26.00, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 31.93, 215.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0896 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.103 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9943, 36.9132, 57.8634)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2C4 #C45240

analogous

#40C494 #40B2C4 #4070C4

triadic

#40B2C4 #C440B2 #B2C440

tetradic

#40B2C4 #9440C4 #C45240 #70C440

square

#40B2C4 #9440C4 #C45240 #70C440

split-complementary

#40B2C4 #C44070 #C49440

monochromatic

#205F69 #2F8A98 #40B2C4 #6FC5D2 #9ED8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#40B2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#40B2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2C4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2C4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d5',
    500: '#40b2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2c4;
$custom-light: #85c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2C4

secondary

#CD9B93

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2C4

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

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