#40C4C2#40C4C2

#40C4C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4C2
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -35.29, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 36.52, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1087 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.112 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5875, 44.4613, 57.9456)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4C2 #C44042

analogous

#40C480 #40C4C2 #4084C4

triadic

#40C4C2 #C240C4 #C4C240

tetradic

#40C4C2 #8040C4 #C44042 #84C440

square

#40C4C2 #8040C4 #C44042 #84C440

split-complementary

#40C4C2 #C44084 #C48040

monochromatic

#206968 #2F9896 #40C4C2 #6FD2D1 #9EE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#40C4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4C2

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4C2	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BAC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d4',
    500: '#40c4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4c2;
$custom-light: #87d6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4C2

secondary

#CD9394

accent

#4C4EDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4C2

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

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