#40C2C8#40C2C8

#40C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2C8
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -32.63, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 35.24, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1041 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.11 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8269, 43.8400, 61.4170)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2C8 #C84640

analogous

#40C88A #40C2C8 #407EC8

triadic

#40C2C8 #C840C2 #C2C840

tetradic

#40C2C8 #8A40C8 #C84640 #7EC840

square

#40C2C8 #8A40C8 #C84640 #7EC840

split-complementary

#40C2C8 #C8407E #C88A40

monochromatic

#206A6E #2D999D #40C2C8 #70D1D6 #9FE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#40C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2C8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2C8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d8',
    500: '#40c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2c8;
$custom-light: #87d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2C8

secondary

#D09794

accent

#5049DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2C8

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

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