#40C5CC#40C5CC

#40C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5CC
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -32.89, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 35.73, 203.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1054 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9749, 45.3783, 64.1361)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5CC #CC4740

analogous

#40CC8D #40C5CC #407FCC

triadic

#40C5CC #CC40C5 #C5CC40

tetradic

#40C5CC #8D40CC #CC4740 #7FCC40

square

#40C5CC #8D40CC #CC4740 #7FCC40

split-complementary

#40C5CC #CC407F #CC8D40

monochromatic

#1F6F73 #2C9DA3 #40C5CC #70D4D9 #A1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#40C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5CC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5CC	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)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7db',
    500: '#40c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5cc;
$custom-light: #88d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5CC

secondary

#D29995

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5CC

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

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