#40C6CE#40C6CE

#40C6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CE
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -32.79, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 35.85, 203.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1055 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.113 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4441, 45.9305, 65.4834)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CE #CE4840

analogous

#40CE8F #40C6CE #407FCE

triadic

#40C6CE #CE40C6 #C6CE40

tetradic

#40C6CE #8F40CE #CE4840 #7FCE40

square

#40C6CE #8F40CE #CE4840 #7FCE40

split-complementary

#40C6CE #CE407F #CE8F40

monochromatic

#1E7175 #2B9FA6 #40C6CE #71D5DA #A1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#40C6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CE

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CE	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dd',
    500: '#40c6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6ce;
$custom-light: #88d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.38,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CE

secondary

#D49A96

accent

#4E45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CE

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

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