#40C2CC#40C2CC

#40C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C2CC
RGB	rgb(64, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -31.46, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 34.98, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1024 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3004, 44.0295, 63.9112)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C2CC #CC4A40

analogous

#40CC90 #40C2CC #407CCC

triadic

#40C2CC #CC40C2 #C2CC40

tetradic

#40C2CC #9040CC #CC4A40 #7CCC40

square

#40C2CC #9040CC #CC4A40 #7CCC40

split-complementary

#40C2CC #CC407C #CC9040

monochromatic

#1F6D73 #2C9BA3 #40C2CC #70D1D9 #A1E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#40C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C2CC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C2CC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5db',
    500: '#40c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c2cc;
$custom-light: #88d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74876,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C2CC

secondary

#D29A95

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C2CC

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

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