#40C4BD#40C4BD

#40C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4BD
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -36.68, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 37.33, 190.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.1109 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.113 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0354, 44.2404, 55.0379)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4BD #C44047

analogous

#40C47B #40C4BD #4089C4

triadic

#40C4BD #BD40C4 #C4BD40

tetradic

#40C4BD #7B40C4 #C44047 #89C440

square

#40C4BD #7B40C4 #C44047 #89C440

split-complementary

#40C4BD #C44089 #C47B40

monochromatic

#206965 #2F9892 #40C4BD #6FD2CD #9EE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#40C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4BD

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4BD	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d0',
    500: '#40c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4bd;
$custom-light: #87d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4BD

secondary

#CD9396

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4BD

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

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