#40C3B2#40C3B2

#40C3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3B2
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -39.21, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 39.25, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.1148 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.115 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6615, 43.3312, 48.9114)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3B2 #C34051

analogous

#40C370 #40C3B2 #4092C3

triadic

#40C3B2 #B240C3 #C3B240

tetradic

#40C3B2 #7040C3 #C34051 #92C340

square

#40C3B2 #7040C3 #C34051 #92C340

split-complementary

#40C3B2 #C34092 #C37040

monochromatic

#21685F #2F9789 #40C3B2 #6FD2C5 #9DE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#40C3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3B2

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3B2	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c9',
    500: '#40c3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3b2;
$custom-light: #86d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.214,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3B2

secondary

#CC929A

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3B2

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

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