#40C1CC#40C1CC

#40C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C1CC
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -30.98, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 34.75, 206.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0786, 43.5859, 63.8373)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C1CC #CC4B40

analogous

#40CC91 #40C1CC #407BCC

triadic

#40C1CC #CC40C1 #C1CC40

tetradic

#40C1CC #9140CC #CC4B40 #7BCC40

square

#40C1CC #9140CC #CC4B40 #7BCC40

split-complementary

#40C1CC #CC407B #CC9140

monochromatic

#1F6C73 #2C9AA3 #40C1CC #70D1D9 #A1E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#40C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C1CC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C1CC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4db',
    500: '#40c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c1cc;
$custom-light: #88d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C1CC

secondary

#D29A95

accent

#5347E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C1CC

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

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