#40C8B7#40C8B7

#40C8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C8B7
RGBrgb(64, 200, 183)
HSLhsl(173, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(173, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.42, -40.13, -2.13)
CIE-LCHlch(73.42, 40.18, 183.04°)
OKLaboklab(75.62% -0.1176 -0.0064)
OKLCHoklch(75.62% 0.118 183.1)
XYZxyz(31.3118, 45.8139, 51.9833)
Luminance0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C8B7 #C84051
analogous
#40C873 #40C8B7 #4095C8
triadic
#40C8B7 #B740C8 #C8B740
tetradic
#40C8B7 #7340C8 #C84051 #95C840
square
#40C8B7 #7340C8 #C84051 #95C840
split-complementary
#40C8B7 #C84095 #C87340
monochromatic
#206E64 #2D9D8F #40C8B7 #70D6C9 #9FE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#40C8B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16
#40C8B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B7
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C8B7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C8B71.002.0710.1610.16
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1621.001.001.00
##00000010.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBDB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABAEB9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 183.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9cc',
    500: '#40c8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c8b7;
$custom-light: #87d9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C8B7
secondary
#D0949C
accent
#495CDF
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0D1513
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B7

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#40C8B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva