#40C1CE#40C1CE

#40C1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C1CE
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -30.39, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 34.69, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.1006 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3201, 43.6824, 65.1087)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C1CE #CE4D40

analogous

#40CE94 #40C1CE #407ACE

triadic

#40C1CE #CE40C1 #C1CE40

tetradic

#40C1CE #9440CE #CE4D40 #7ACE40

square

#40C1CE #9440CE #CE4D40 #7ACE40

split-complementary

#40C1CE #CE407A #CE9440

monochromatic

#1E6D75 #2B9BA6 #40C1CE #71D1DA #A1E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#40C1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C1CE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C1CE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4dd',
    500: '#40c1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c1ce;
$custom-light: #88d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.493,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74709,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C1CE

secondary

#D49C96

accent

#5445E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C1CE

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

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