#40C0C8#40C0C8

#40C0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0C8
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -31.67, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 34.71, 204.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1021 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.109 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3847, 42.9558, 61.2696)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0C8 #C84840

analogous

#40C88C #40C0C8 #407CC8

triadic

#40C0C8 #C840C0 #C0C840

tetradic

#40C0C8 #8C40C8 #C84840 #7CC840

square

#40C0C8 #8C40C8 #C84840 #7CC840

split-complementary

#40C0C8 #C8407C #C88C40

monochromatic

#20696E #2D979D #40C0C8 #70D0D6 #9FDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#40C0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0C8

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0C8	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d8',
    500: '#40c0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0c8;
$custom-light: #87d3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0C8

secondary

#D09894

accent

#5249DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0C8

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

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