#40C6BD#40C6BD

#40C6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6BD
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -37.60, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 38.08, 189.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.1129 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.114 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4895, 45.1487, 55.1892)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6BD #C64049

analogous

#40C67A #40C6BD #408CC6

triadic

#40C6BD #BD40C6 #C6BD40

tetradic

#40C6BD #7A40C6 #C64049 #8CC640

square

#40C6BD #7A40C6 #C64049 #8CC640

split-complementary

#40C6BD #C6408C #C67A40

monochromatic

#206C66 #2E9B93 #40C6BD #6FD4CD #9EE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#40C6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6BD

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6BD	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8d0',
    500: '#40c6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6bd;
$custom-light: #87d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6BD

secondary

#CE9397

accent

#4A54DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6BD

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

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