#40C8B9#40C8B9

#40C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8B9
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -39.59, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 39.72, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1167 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.117 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5215, 45.8977, 53.0874)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8B9 #C8404F

analogous

#40C875 #40C8B9 #4093C8

triadic

#40C8B9 #B940C8 #C8B940

tetradic

#40C8B9 #7540C8 #C8404F #93C840

square

#40C8B9 #7540C8 #C8404F #93C840

split-complementary

#40C8B9 #C84093 #C87540

monochromatic

#206E65 #2D9D91 #40C8B9 #70D6CA #9FE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#40C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8B9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8B9	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9ce',
    500: '#40c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8b9;
$custom-light: #87d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8B9

secondary

#D0949B

accent

#495ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8B9

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

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