#40C3C8#40C3C8

#40C3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3C8
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -33.10, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 35.52, 201.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1051 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0502, 44.2867, 61.4914)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3C8 #C84540

analogous

#40C889 #40C3C8 #407FC8

triadic

#40C3C8 #C840C3 #C3C840

tetradic

#40C3C8 #8940C8 #C84540 #7FC840

square

#40C3C8 #8940C8 #C84540 #7FC840

split-complementary

#40C3C8 #C8407F #C88940

monochromatic

#206B6E #2D999D #40C3C8 #70D2D6 #9FE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#40C3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3C8

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3C8	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d8',
    500: '#40c3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3c8;
$custom-light: #87d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74973,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3C8

secondary

#D09694

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3C8

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

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