#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
RGBrgb(64, 196, 178)
HSLhsl(172, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 67%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.08, -39.66, -1.39)
CIE-LCHlch(72.08, 39.69, 182.00°)
OKLaboklab(74.49% -0.1158 -0.0044)
OKLCHoklch(74.49% 0.116 182.2)
XYZxyz(29.8863, 43.7808, 48.9863)
Luminance0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C4B21.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

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

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#40C4B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva