#40C0B4#40C0B4

#40C0B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0B4
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 6.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -37.31, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 37.54, 186.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1108 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.111 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1984, 42.0813, 49.7548)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0B4 #C0404C

analogous

#40C074 #40C0B4 #408CC0

triadic

#40C0B4 #B440C0 #C0B440

tetradic

#40C0B4 #7440C0 #C0404C #8CC040

square

#40C0B4 #7440C0 #C0404C #8CC040

split-complementary

#40C0B4 #C0408C #C07440

monochromatic

#21645E #309289 #40C0B4 #6ECFC6 #9CDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40C0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#40C0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0B4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0B4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3ca',
    500: '#40c0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0b4;
$custom-light: #85d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0B4

secondary

#CB9197

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0B4

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

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