#40C8B3#40C8B3

#40C8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B3
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -41.18, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 41.18, 180.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.1194 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.119 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9014, 45.6497, 49.8218)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B3 #C84055

analogous

#40C86F #40C8B3 #4099C8

triadic

#40C8B3 #B340C8 #C8B340

tetradic

#40C8B3 #6F40C8 #C84055 #99C840

square

#40C8B3 #6F40C8 #C84055 #99C840

split-complementary

#40C8B3 #C84099 #C86F40

monochromatic

#206E62 #2D9D8C #40C8B3 #70D6C6 #9FE3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#40C8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B3

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B3	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9c9',
    500: '#40c8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b3;
$custom-light: #86d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B3

secondary

#D0949D

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B3

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

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