#40C2BC#40C2BC

#40C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2BC
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -36.04, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 36.77, 191.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1093 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.111 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4791, 43.3009, 54.3188)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2BC #C24046

analogous

#40C27B #40C2BC #4087C2

triadic

#40C2BC #BC40C2 #C2BC40

tetradic

#40C2BC #7B40C2 #C24046 #87C240

square

#40C2BC #7B40C2 #C24046 #87C240

split-complementary

#40C2BC #C24087 #C27B40

monochromatic

#216764 #309590 #40C2BC #6ED1CC #9DE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#40C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2BC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2BC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5d0',
    500: '#40c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2bc;
$custom-light: #86d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2BC

secondary

#CC9295

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2BC

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

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