#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
RGBrgb(64, 195, 204)
HSLhsl(184, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(184, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(72.55, -31.94, -14.86)
CIE-LCHlch(72.55, 35.23, 204.95°)
OKLaboklab(75.12% -0.1034 -0.0412)
OKLCHoklch(75.12% 0.111 201.7)
XYZxyz(32.5238, 44.4761, 63.9857)
Luminance0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C3CC1.002.129.909.90
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9021.001.001.00
##0000009.9021.001.001.00

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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#40C3CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva