#40C3C4#40C3C4

#40C3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3C4
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 196)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -34.25, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 35.93, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1068 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.111 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5888, 44.1021, 59.0616)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3C4 #C44140

analogous

#40C483 #40C3C4 #4081C4

triadic

#40C3C4 #C440C3 #C3C440

tetradic

#40C3C4 #8340C4 #C44140 #81C440

square

#40C3C4 #8340C4 #C44140 #81C440

split-complementary

#40C3C4 #C44081 #C48340

monochromatic

#206969 #2F9798 #40C3C4 #6FD2D2 #9EE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#40C3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3C4

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3C4	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d5',
    500: '#40c3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3c4;
$custom-light: #87d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3C4

secondary

#CD9393

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3C4

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

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