#40C4C8#40C4C8

#40C4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4C8
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -33.58, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 35.80, 200.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1061 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(32.2750, 44.7363, 61.5664)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4C8 #C84440

analogous

#40C888 #40C4C8 #4080C8

triadic

#40C4C8 #C840C4 #C4C840

tetradic

#40C4C8 #8840C8 #C84440 #80C840

square

#40C4C8 #8840C8 #C84440 #80C840

split-complementary

#40C4C8 #C84080 #C88840

monochromatic

#206C6E #2D9A9D #40C4C8 #70D3D6 #9FE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#40C4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4C8

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4C8	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6d8',
    500: '#40c4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4c8;
$custom-light: #88d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75214,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.4474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4C8

secondary

#D09694

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4C8

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

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