#40C0D0#40C0D0

#40C0D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0D0
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -29.30, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 34.49, 211.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0987 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.111 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3442, 43.3396, 66.3230)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0D0 #D05040

analogous

#40D098 #40C0D0 #4078D0

triadic

#40C0D0 #D040C0 #C0D040

tetradic

#40C0D0 #9840D0 #D05040 #78D040

square

#40C0D0 #9840D0 #D05040 #78D040

split-complementary

#40C0D0 #D04078 #D09840

monochromatic

#1E6E78 #2A9BA9 #40C0D0 #71D0DC #A2E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#40C0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0D0

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0D0	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3de',
    500: '#40c0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0d0;
$custom-light: #88d3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0D0

secondary

#D59E97

accent

#5644E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0D0

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

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