#40C1CA#40C1CA

#40C1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C1CA
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -31.57, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 34.85, 205.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1022 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8403, 43.4905, 62.5821)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C1CA #CA4940

analogous

#40CA8E #40C1CA #407CCA

triadic

#40C1CA #CA40C1 #C1CA40

tetradic

#40C1CA #8E40CA #CA4940 #7CCA40

square

#40C1CA #8E40CA #CA4940 #7CCA40

split-complementary

#40C1CA #CA407C #CA8E40

monochromatic

#1F6B70 #2C99A0 #40C1CA #70D1D7 #A0E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#40C1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C1CA

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C1CA	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4da',
    500: '#40c1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c1ca;
$custom-light: #87d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C1CA

secondary

#D19995

accent

#5248E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C1CA

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

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