#40C8BD#40C8BD

#40C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BD
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -38.51, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 38.85, 187.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1149 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.116 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9497, 46.0690, 55.3426)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BD #C8404B

analogous

#40C879 #40C8BD #408FC8

triadic

#40C8BD #BD40C8 #C8BD40

tetradic

#40C8BD #7940C8 #C8404B #8FC840

square

#40C8BD #7940C8 #C8404B #8FC840

split-complementary

#40C8BD #C8408F #C87940

monochromatic

#206E68 #2D9D94 #40C8BD #70D6CD #9FE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#40C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#40C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BD	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)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9d0',
    500: '#40c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8bd;
$custom-light: #87d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BD

secondary

#D09499

accent

#4955DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BD

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

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