#40C8BC#40C8BC

#40C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BC
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -38.78, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 39.06, 186.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1154 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.116 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8415, 46.0257, 54.7729)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BC #C8404C

analogous

#40C878 #40C8BC #4090C8

triadic

#40C8BC #BC40C8 #C8BC40

tetradic

#40C8BC #7840C8 #C8404C #90C840

square

#40C8BC #7840C8 #C8404C #90C840

split-complementary

#40C8BC #C84090 #C87840

monochromatic

#206E67 #2D9D94 #40C8BC #70D6CD #9FE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#40C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9d0',
    500: '#40c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8bc;
$custom-light: #87d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BC

secondary

#D09499

accent

#4956DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BC

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

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