#40C6C8#40C6C8

#40C6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6C8
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -34.52, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 36.39, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.1081 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7291, 45.6445, 61.7177)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6C8 #C84240

analogous

#40C886 #40C6C8 #4082C8

triadic

#40C6C8 #C840C6 #C6C840

tetradic

#40C6C8 #8640C8 #C84240 #82C840

square

#40C6C8 #8640C8 #C84240 #82C840

split-complementary

#40C6C8 #C84082 #C88640

monochromatic

#206D6E #2D9C9D #40C6C8 #70D4D6 #9FE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#40C6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6C8

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6C8	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d8',
    500: '#40c6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6c8;
$custom-light: #88d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6C8

secondary

#D09594

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6C8

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

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