#40C2CA#40C2CA

#40C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2CA
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -32.05, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 35.10, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1032 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(32.0621, 43.9341, 62.6560)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2CA #CA4840

analogous

#40CA8D #40C2CA #407DCA

triadic

#40C2CA #CA40C2 #C2CA40

tetradic

#40C2CA #8D40CA #CA4840 #7DCA40

square

#40C2CA #8D40CA #CA4840 #7DCA40

split-complementary

#40C2CA #CA407D #CA8D40

monochromatic

#1F6C70 #2C9AA0 #40C2CA #70D1D7 #A0E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#40C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2CA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2CA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5da',
    500: '#40c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2ca;
$custom-light: #88d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.43938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2CA

secondary

#D19895

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2CA

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

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