#40C4B4#40C4B4

#40C4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4B4
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -39.13, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 39.20, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.1149 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.115 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0886, 43.8617, 50.0516)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4B4 #C44050

analogous

#40C472 #40C4B4 #4092C4

triadic

#40C4B4 #B440C4 #C4B440

tetradic

#40C4B4 #7240C4 #C44050 #92C440

square

#40C4B4 #7240C4 #C44050 #92C440

split-complementary

#40C4B4 #C44092 #C47240

monochromatic

#206960 #2F988B #40C4B4 #6FD2C6 #9EE1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#40C4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4B4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4B4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6ca',
    500: '#40c4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4b4;
$custom-light: #86d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4B4

secondary

#CD939A

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4B4

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

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