#40C8B2#40C8B2

#40C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B2
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -41.44, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 41.44, 179.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1199 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.12 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8006, 45.6094, 49.2911)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B2 #C84056

analogous

#40C86E #40C8B2 #409AC8

triadic

#40C8B2 #B240C8 #C8B240

tetradic

#40C8B2 #6E40C8 #C84056 #9AC840

square

#40C8B2 #6E40C8 #C84056 #9AC840

split-complementary

#40C8B2 #C8409A #C86E40

monochromatic

#206E61 #2D9D8B #40C8B2 #70D6C5 #9FE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#40C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B2

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B2	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c9',
    500: '#40c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b2;
$custom-light: #86d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75472,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B2

secondary

#D0949E

accent

#4961DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B2

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

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