#40C0B2#40C0B2

#40C0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0B2
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -37.85, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 37.98, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1117 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.112 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9961, 42.0004, 48.6896)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0B2 #C0404E

analogous

#40C072 #40C0B2 #408EC0

triadic

#40C0B2 #B240C0 #C0B240

tetradic

#40C0B2 #7240C0 #C0404E #8EC040

square

#40C0B2 #7240C0 #C0404E #8EC040

split-complementary

#40C0B2 #C0408E #C07240

monochromatic

#21645D #309288 #40C0B2 #6ECFC5 #9CDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40C0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#40C0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0B2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0B2	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c9',
    500: '#40c0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0b2;
$custom-light: #85d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0B2

secondary

#CB9198

accent

#4E5DDA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0B2

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

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