#40C4BC#40C4BC

#40C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C4BC
RGBrgb(64, 196, 188)
HSLhsl(176, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(176, 67%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.36, -36.96, -6.42)
CIE-LCHlch(72.36, 37.51, 189.86°)
OKLaboklab(74.8% -0.1113 -0.018)
OKLCHoklch(74.8% 0.113 189.2)
XYZxyz(30.9272, 44.1972, 54.4682)
Luminance0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C4BC #C44048
analogous
#40C47A #40C4BC #408AC4
triadic
#40C4BC #BC40C4 #C4BC40
tetradic
#40C4BC #7A40C4 #C44048 #8AC440
square
#40C4BC #7A40C4 #C44048 #8AC440
split-complementary
#40C4BC #C4408A #C47A40
monochromatic
#206965 #2F9892 #40C4BC #6FD2CC #9EE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#40C4BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84
#40C4BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4BC
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C4BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C4BC1.002.139.849.84
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8421.001.001.00
##0000009.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BABC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6ABBD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 189.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d0',
    500: '#40c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c4bc;
$custom-light: #87d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C4BC
secondary
#CD9396
accent
#4C54DC
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#40C4BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva