#40C4B3#40C4B3

#40C4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4B3
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -39.40, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 39.44, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1153 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9871, 43.8211, 49.5170)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4B3 #C44051

analogous

#40C471 #40C4B3 #4093C4

triadic

#40C4B3 #B340C4 #C4B340

tetradic

#40C4B3 #7140C4 #C44051 #93C440

square

#40C4B3 #7140C4 #C44051 #93C440

split-complementary

#40C4B3 #C44093 #C47140

monochromatic

#206960 #2F988A #40C4B3 #6FD2C6 #9EE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#40C4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4B3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4B3	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)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c9',
    500: '#40c4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4b3;
$custom-light: #86d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4B3

secondary

#CD939A

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4B3

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

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