#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
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -36.96, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 37.51, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1113 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.113 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9272, 44.1972, 54.4682)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C4BC	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40C4BC

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

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