#40C1B8#40C1B8

#40C1B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C1B8
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -36.68, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 37.13, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.11 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.111 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8321, 42.6872, 52.0053)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C1B8 #C14049

analogous

#40C177 #40C1B8 #4089C1

triadic

#40C1B8 #B840C1 #C1B840

tetradic

#40C1B8 #7740C1 #C14049 #89C140

square

#40C1B8 #7740C1 #C14049 #89C140

split-complementary

#40C1B8 #C14089 #C17740

monochromatic

#216661 #30948D #40C1B8 #6ED0C9 #9CDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40C1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#40C1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C1B8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C1B8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4cd',
    500: '#40c1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c1b8;
$custom-light: #86d4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C1B8

secondary

#CB9296

accent

#4D57DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C1B8

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

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