#40C6CB#40C6CB

#40C6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CB
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -33.66, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 36.09, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1068 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0831, 45.7861, 63.5824)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CB #CB4540

analogous

#40CB8A #40C6CB #4081CB

triadic

#40C6CB #CB40C6 #C6CB40

tetradic

#40C6CB #8A40CB #CB4540 #81CB40

square

#40C6CB #8A40CB #CB4540 #81CB40

split-complementary

#40C6CB #CB4081 #CB8A40

monochromatic

#1F6F72 #2C9EA2 #40C6CB #70D4D8 #A0E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#40C6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7da',
    500: '#40c6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6cb;
$custom-light: #88d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CB

secondary

#D29795

accent

#4D47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CB

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

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