#40C4B0#40C4B0

#40C4B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4B0
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 176)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -40.19, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 40.19, 180.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1167 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.117 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6870, 43.7011, 47.9365)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4B0 #C44054

analogous

#40C46E #40C4B0 #4096C4

triadic

#40C4B0 #B040C4 #C4B040

tetradic

#40C4B0 #6E40C4 #C44054 #96C440

square

#40C4B0 #6E40C4 #C44054 #96C440

split-complementary

#40C4B0 #C44096 #C46E40

monochromatic

#20695E #2F9888 #40C4B0 #6FD2C3 #9EE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C4B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#40C4B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4B0

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4B0	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c7',
    500: '#40c4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4b0;
$custom-light: #86d6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4B0

secondary

#CD939C

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4B0

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

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