#40C4BF#40C4BF

#40C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4BF
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -36.13, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 36.99, 192.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.11 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.112 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2540, 44.3279, 56.1891)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4BF #C44045

analogous

#40C47D #40C4BF #4087C4

triadic

#40C4BF #BF40C4 #C4BF40

tetradic

#40C4BF #7D40C4 #C44045 #87C440

square

#40C4BF #7D40C4 #C44045 #87C440

split-complementary

#40C4BF #C44087 #C47D40

monochromatic

#206966 #2F9894 #40C4BF #6FD2CF #9EE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#40C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4BF

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4BF	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d2',
    500: '#40c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4bf;
$custom-light: #87d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4BF

secondary

#CD9395

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4BF

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

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