#40C2B2#40C2B2

#40C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2B2
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -38.76, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 38.83, 183.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1138 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.114 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4382, 42.8846, 48.8369)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2B2 #C24050

analogous

#40C271 #40C2B2 #4091C2

triadic

#40C2B2 #B240C2 #C2B240

tetradic

#40C2B2 #7140C2 #C24050 #91C240

square

#40C2B2 #7140C2 #C24050 #91C240

split-complementary

#40C2B2 #C24091 #C27140

monochromatic

#21675E #309589 #40C2B2 #6ED1C5 #9DE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#40C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2B2

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2B2	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c9',
    500: '#40c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2b2;
$custom-light: #86d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2B2

secondary

#CC9299

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2B2

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

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