#40C4B2#40C4B2

#40C4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4B2
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -39.66, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 39.69, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1158 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.116 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8863, 43.7808, 48.9863)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4B2 #C44052

analogous

#40C470 #40C4B2 #4094C4

triadic

#40C4B2 #B240C4 #C4B240

tetradic

#40C4B2 #7040C4 #C44052 #94C440

square

#40C4B2 #7040C4 #C44052 #94C440

split-complementary

#40C4B2 #C44094 #C47040

monochromatic

#20695F #2F988A #40C4B2 #6FD2C5 #9EE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#40C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4B2

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4B2	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c9',
    500: '#40c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4b2;
$custom-light: #86d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4B2

secondary

#CD939B

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4B2

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

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