#40C8BA#40C8BA

#40C8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BA
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -39.32, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 39.49, 185.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1163 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6274, 45.9401, 53.6453)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BA #C8404E

analogous

#40C876 #40C8BA #4092C8

triadic

#40C8BA #BA40C8 #C8BA40

tetradic

#40C8BA #7640C8 #C8404E #92C840

square

#40C8BA #7640C8 #C8404E #92C840

split-complementary

#40C8BA #C84092 #C87640

monochromatic

#206E66 #2D9D92 #40C8BA #70D6CB #9FE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#40C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BA

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BA	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9ce',
    500: '#40c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ba;
$custom-light: #87d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BA

secondary

#D0949A

accent

#4959DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BA

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

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