#40C3CC#40C3CC

#40C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3CC
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -31.94, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 35.23, 204.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.1034 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5238, 44.4761, 63.9857)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3CC #CC4940

analogous

#40CC8F #40C3CC #407DCC

triadic

#40C3CC #CC40C3 #C3CC40

tetradic

#40C3CC #8F40CC #CC4940 #7DCC40

square

#40C3CC #8F40CC #CC4940 #7DCC40

split-complementary

#40C3CC #CC407D #CC8F40

monochromatic

#1F6E73 #2C9CA3 #40C3CC #70D2D9 #A1E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#40C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3CC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3CC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5db',
    500: '#40c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3cc;
$custom-light: #88d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3CC

secondary

#D29995

accent

#5147E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3CC

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

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