#40B4C2#40B4C2

#40B4C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4C2
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -27.60, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 32.22, 211.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0924 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.103 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1690, 37.6244, 56.8061)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4C2 #C24E40

analogous

#40C28F #40B4C2 #4073C2

triadic

#40B4C2 #C240B4 #B4C240

tetradic

#40B4C2 #8F40C2 #C24E40 #73C240

square

#40B4C2 #8F40C2 #C24E40 #73C240

split-complementary

#40B4C2 #C24073 #C28F40

monochromatic

#215F67 #308A95 #40B4C2 #6EC6D1 #9DD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#40B4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4C2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4C2	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cad4',
    500: '#40b4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4c2;
$custom-light: #85cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4C2

secondary

#CC9892

accent

#5C4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4C2

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

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