#40C6D9#40C6D9

#40C6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6D9
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -29.53, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 35.63, 214.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.101 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8274, 46.4838, 72.7690)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6D9 #D95340

analogous

#40D99F #40C6D9 #4079D9

triadic

#40C6D9 #D940C6 #C6D940

tetradic

#40C6D9 #9F40D9 #D95340 #79D940

square

#40C6D9 #9F40D9 #D95340 #79D940

split-complementary

#40C6D9 #D94079 #D99F40

monochromatic

#1A7784 #24A5B7 #40C6D9 #73D5E3 #A6E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#40C6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6D9

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6D9	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7e4',
    500: '#40c6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6d9;
$custom-light: #89d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6D9

secondary

#DAA29A

accent

#533EEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6D9

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

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