#40C6BC#40C6BC

#40C6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6BC
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -37.87, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 38.28, 188.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1133 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.114 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3813, 45.1054, 54.6195)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6BC #C6404A

analogous

#40C679 #40C6BC #408DC6

triadic

#40C6BC #BC40C6 #C6BC40

tetradic

#40C6BC #7940C6 #C6404A #8DC640

square

#40C6BC #7940C6 #C6404A #8DC640

split-complementary

#40C6BC #C6408D #C67940

monochromatic

#206C66 #2E9B93 #40C6BC #6FD4CD #9EE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#40C6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6BC

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6BC	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8d0',
    500: '#40c6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6bc;
$custom-light: #87d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6BC

secondary

#CE9398

accent

#4A55DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6BC

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

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