#40C4BA#40C4BA

#40C4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4BA
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -37.51, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 37.90, 188.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1122 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.113 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7131, 44.1115, 53.3406)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4BA #C4404A

analogous

#40C478 #40C4BA #408CC4

triadic

#40C4BA #BA40C4 #C4BA40

tetradic

#40C4BA #7840C4 #C4404A #8CC440

square

#40C4BA #7840C4 #C4404A #8CC440

split-complementary

#40C4BA #C4408C #C47840

monochromatic

#206964 #2F9890 #40C4BA #6FD2CB #9EE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#40C4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4BA

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4BA	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6ce',
    500: '#40c4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4ba;
$custom-light: #86d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4BA

secondary

#CD9397

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4BA

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

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