#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
RGBrgb(64, 196, 189)
HSLhsl(177, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(177, 67%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.39, -36.68, -6.92)
CIE-LCHlch(72.39, 37.33, 190.69°)
OKLaboklab(74.84% -0.1109 -0.0194)
OKLCHoklch(74.84% 0.113 189.9)
XYZxyz(31.0354, 44.2404, 55.0379)
Luminance0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C4BD1.002.139.859.85
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8521.001.001.00
##0000009.8521.001.001.00

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

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#40C4BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva