#40C4CD#40C4CD

#40C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4CD
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -32.12, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 35.41, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.104 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8689, 44.9738, 64.6943)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4CD #CD4940

analogous

#40CD90 #40C4CD #407DCD

triadic

#40C4CD #CD40C4 #C4CD40

tetradic

#40C4CD #9040CD #CD4940 #7DCD40

square

#40C4CD #9040CD #CD4940 #7DCD40

split-complementary

#40C4CD #CD407D #CD9040

monochromatic

#1E6F74 #2B9DA5 #40C4CD #71D3DA #A1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#40C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4CD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4CD	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6dc',
    500: '#40c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4cd;
$custom-light: #88d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4CD

secondary

#D39A96

accent

#5046E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4CD

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

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