#40B4C0#40B4C0

#40B4C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4C0
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 192)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -28.20, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 32.23, 208.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0933 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9459, 37.5352, 55.6311)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4C0 #C04C40

analogous

#40C08C #40B4C0 #4074C0

triadic

#40B4C0 #C040B4 #B4C040

tetradic

#40B4C0 #8C40C0 #C04C40 #74C040

square

#40B4C0 #8C40C0 #C04C40 #74C040

split-complementary

#40B4C0 #C04074 #C08C40

monochromatic

#215E64 #308992 #40B4C0 #6EC6CF #9CD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B4C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#40B4C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4C0

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4C0	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd3',
    500: '#40b4c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4c0;
$custom-light: #85cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4C0

secondary

#CB9791

accent

#5B4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4C0

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

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