#40C1C8#40C1C8

#40C1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C1C8
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -32.15, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 34.97, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1031 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6050, 43.3964, 61.3431)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C1C8 #C84740

analogous

#40C88B #40C1C8 #407DC8

triadic

#40C1C8 #C840C1 #C1C840

tetradic

#40C1C8 #8B40C8 #C84740 #7DC840

square

#40C1C8 #8B40C8 #C84740 #7DC840

split-complementary

#40C1C8 #C8407D #C88B40

monochromatic

#206A6E #2D989D #40C1C8 #70D0D6 #9FE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#40C1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C1C8

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C1C8	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4d8',
    500: '#40c1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c1c8;
$custom-light: #87d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C1C8

secondary

#D09794

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C1C8

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

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