#40C4D6#40C4D6

#40C4D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4D6
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -29.46, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 35.24, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.1003 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.114 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9866, 45.4209, 70.5812)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4D6 #D65240

analogous

#40D69D #40C4D6 #4079D6

triadic

#40C4D6 #D640C4 #C4D640

tetradic

#40C4D6 #9D40D6 #D65240 #79D640

square

#40C4D6 #9D40D6 #D65240 #79D640

split-complementary

#40C4D6 #D64079 #D69D40

monochromatic

#1B7480 #26A2B2 #40C4D6 #72D4E1 #A5E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#40C4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4D6

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4D6	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6e2',
    500: '#40c4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4d6;
$custom-light: #89d6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75727,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4D6

secondary

#D9A199

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4D6

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

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