#40C4D4#40C4D4

#40C4D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4D4
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -30.06, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 35.22, 211.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1011 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7328, 45.3194, 69.2443)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4D4 #D45040

analogous

#40D49A #40C4D4 #407AD4

triadic

#40C4D4 #D440C4 #C4D440

tetradic

#40C4D4 #9A40D4 #D45040 #7AD440

square

#40C4D4 #9A40D4 #D45040 #7AD440

split-complementary

#40C4D4 #D4407A #D49A40

monochromatic

#1C737D #27A1AF #40C4D4 #72D3DF #A4E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#40C4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4D4

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4D4	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6e1',
    500: '#40c4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4d4;
$custom-light: #89d6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4D4

secondary

#D79F98

accent

#5342E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4D4

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

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