#40C6CA#40C6CA

#40C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CA
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -33.94, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 36.18, 200.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.1072 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.113 198)
XYZ	xyz(32.9644, 45.7386, 62.9568)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CA #CA4440

analogous

#40CA89 #40C6CA #4081CA

triadic

#40C6CA #CA40C6 #C6CA40

tetradic

#40C6CA #8940CA #CA4440 #81CA40

square

#40C6CA #8940CA #CA4440 #81CA40

split-complementary

#40C6CA #CA4081 #CA8940

monochromatic

#1F6E70 #2C9DA0 #40C6CA #70D4D7 #A0E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#40C6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CA

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CA	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7da',
    500: '#40c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6ca;
$custom-light: #88d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.45742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CA

secondary

#D19795

accent

#4C48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CA

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

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