#40C0BC#40C0BC

#40C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0BC
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -35.11, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 36.05, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1073 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(30.0370, 42.4167, 54.1714)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0BC #C04044

analogous

#40C07C #40C0BC #4084C0

triadic

#40C0BC #BC40C0 #C0BC40

tetradic

#40C0BC #7C40C0 #C04044 #84C040

square

#40C0BC #7C40C0 #C04044 #84C040

split-complementary

#40C0BC #C04084 #C07C40

monochromatic

#216462 #30928F #40C0BC #6ECFCC #9CDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#40C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0BC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0BC	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3d0',
    500: '#40c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0bc;
$custom-light: #86d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73829,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0BC

secondary

#CB9193

accent

#4E52DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0BC

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

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