#40C4BE#40C4BE

#40C4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4BE
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -36.40, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 37.15, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.1104 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.112 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1443, 44.2840, 55.6115)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4BE #C44046

analogous

#40C47C #40C4BE #4088C4

triadic

#40C4BE #BE40C4 #C4BE40

tetradic

#40C4BE #7C40C4 #C44046 #88C440

square

#40C4BE #7C40C4 #C44046 #88C440

split-complementary

#40C4BE #C44088 #C47C40

monochromatic

#206966 #2F9893 #40C4BE #6FD2CE #9EE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#40C4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4BE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4BE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d1',
    500: '#40c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4be;
$custom-light: #87d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74871,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4BE

secondary

#CD9395

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4BE

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

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