#40C6CD#40C6CD

#40C6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CD
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -33.08, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 35.92, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.106 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.113 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3230, 45.8821, 64.8457)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CD #CD4740

analogous

#40CD8E #40C6CD #407FCD

triadic

#40C6CD #CD40C6 #C6CD40

tetradic

#40C6CD #8E40CD #CD4740 #7FCD40

square

#40C6CD #8E40CD #CD4740 #7FCD40

split-complementary

#40C6CD #CD407F #CD8E40

monochromatic

#1E7074 #2B9FA5 #40C6CD #71D4DA #A1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#40C6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dc',
    500: '#40c6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6cd;
$custom-light: #88d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.979,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CD

secondary

#D39996

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CD

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

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