#40C0CA#40C0CA

#40C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0CA
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -31.08, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 34.61, 206.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1012 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6200, 43.0499, 62.5087)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0CA #CA4A40

analogous

#40CA8F #40C0CA #407BCA

triadic

#40C0CA #CA40C0 #C0CA40

tetradic

#40C0CA #8F40CA #CA4A40 #7BCA40

square

#40C0CA #8F40CA #CA4A40 #7BCA40

split-complementary

#40C0CA #CA407B #CA8F40

monochromatic

#1F6B70 #2C98A0 #40C0CA #70D0D7 #A0E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#40C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0CA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0CA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3da',
    500: '#40c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0ca;
$custom-light: #87d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0CA

secondary

#D19995

accent

#5348E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0CA

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

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