#40C8BB#40C8BB

#40C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BB
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -39.05, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 39.27, 186.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.1158 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.116 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7341, 45.9828, 54.2072)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BB #C8404D

analogous

#40C877 #40C8BB #4091C8

triadic

#40C8BB #BB40C8 #C8BB40

tetradic

#40C8BB #7740C8 #C8404D #91C840

square

#40C8BB #7740C8 #C8404D #91C840

split-complementary

#40C8BB #C84091 #C87740

monochromatic

#206E66 #2D9D93 #40C8BB #70D6CC #9FE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#40C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9cf',
    500: '#40c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8bb;
$custom-light: #87d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7575,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BB

secondary

#D0949A

accent

#4957DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BB

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

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