#40C6CC#40C6CC

#40C6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CC
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -33.37, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 36.00, 202.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1064 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2027, 45.8340, 64.2120)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CC #CC4640

analogous

#40CC8C #40C6CC #4080CC

triadic

#40C6CC #CC40C6 #C6CC40

tetradic

#40C6CC #8C40CC #CC4640 #80CC40

square

#40C6CC #8C40CC #CC4640 #80CC40

split-complementary

#40C6CC #CC4080 #CC8C40

monochromatic

#1F6F73 #2C9EA3 #40C6CC #70D4D9 #A1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#40C6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CC

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CC	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7db',
    500: '#40c6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6cc;
$custom-light: #88d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CC

secondary

#D29895

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CC

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

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