#40C6CF#40C6CF

#40C6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6CF
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -32.49, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 35.79, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.1051 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5660, 45.9793, 66.1252)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6CF #CF4940

analogous

#40CF90 #40C6CF #407ECF

triadic

#40C6CF #CF40C6 #C6CF40

tetradic

#40C6CF #9040CF #CF4940 #7ECF40

square

#40C6CF #9040CF #CF4940 #7ECF40

split-complementary

#40C6CF #CF407E #CF9040

monochromatic

#1E7177 #2AA0A8 #40C6CF #71D5DB #A2E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#40C6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6CF

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6CF	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dd',
    500: '#40c6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6cf;
$custom-light: #88d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6CF

secondary

#D49A97

accent

#4F45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6CF

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

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