#40C8B8#40C8B8

#40C8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B8
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -39.86, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 39.95, 183.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1172 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.117 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4163, 45.8556, 52.5334)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B8 #C84050

analogous

#40C874 #40C8B8 #4094C8

triadic

#40C8B8 #B840C8 #C8B840

tetradic

#40C8B8 #7440C8 #C84050 #94C840

square

#40C8B8 #7440C8 #C84050 #94C840

split-complementary

#40C8B8 #C84094 #C87440

monochromatic

#206E65 #2D9D90 #40C8B8 #70D6CA #9FE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#40C8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9cd',
    500: '#40c8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b8;
$custom-light: #87d9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B8

secondary

#D0949B

accent

#495BDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B8

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

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