#40C2C9#40C2C9

#40C2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2C9
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 201)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -32.34, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 35.16, 203.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1037 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.111 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9441, 43.8869, 62.0345)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2C9 #C94740

analogous

#40C98C #40C2C9 #407DC9

triadic

#40C2C9 #C940C2 #C2C940

tetradic

#40C2C9 #8C40C9 #C94740 #7DC940

square

#40C2C9 #8C40C9 #C94740 #7DC940

split-complementary

#40C2C9 #C9407D #C98C40

monochromatic

#1F6B6F #2D999F #40C2C9 #70D1D6 #9FE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#40C2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2C9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2C9	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d9',
    500: '#40c2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2c9;
$custom-light: #87d5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2C9

secondary

#D09794

accent

#5049DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2C9

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

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