#40C2B9#40C2B9

#40C2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C2B9
RGBrgb(64, 194, 185)
HSLhsl(176, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(176, 67%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.67, -36.86, -5.80)
CIE-LCHlch(71.67, 37.32, 188.95°)
OKLaboklab(74.22% -0.1106 -0.0163)
OKLCHoklch(74.22% 0.112 188.4)
XYZxyz(30.1591, 43.1729, 52.6333)
Luminance0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C2B9 #C24049
analogous
#40C278 #40C2B9 #408AC2
triadic
#40C2B9 #B940C2 #C2B940
tetradic
#40C2B9 #7840C2 #C24049 #8AC240
square
#40C2B9 #7840C2 #C24049 #8AC240
split-complementary
#40C2B9 #C2408A #C27840
monochromatic
#216762 #30958E #40C2B9 #6ED1CA #9DE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#40C2B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64
#40C2B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2B9
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C2B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C2B91.002.189.649.64
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6421.001.001.00
##0000009.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B8B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4AABA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 188.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5ce',
    500: '#40c2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c2b9;
$custom-light: #86d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C2B9
secondary
#CC9296
accent
#4D57DB
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2B9

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#40C2B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva