#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
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -36.86, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 37.32, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1106 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.112 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1591, 43.1729, 52.6333)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C2B9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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