#40C6D4#40C6D4

#40C6D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6D4
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -31.02, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 35.60, 209.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.103 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.114 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1869, 46.2277, 69.3957)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6D4 #D44E40

analogous

#40D498 #40C6D4 #407CD4

triadic

#40C6D4 #D440C6 #C6D440

tetradic

#40C6D4 #9840D4 #D44E40 #7CD440

square

#40C6D4 #9840D4 #D44E40 #7CD440

split-complementary

#40C6D4 #D4407C #D49840

monochromatic

#1C747D #27A2AF #40C6D4 #72D5DF #A4E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#40C6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6D4

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6D4	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7e1',
    500: '#40c6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6d4;
$custom-light: #89d7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76129,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6D4

secondary

#D79E98

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6D4

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

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