#40C8BE#40C8BE

#40C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BE
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -38.24, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 38.65, 188.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1145 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.116 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0586, 46.1126, 55.9163)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BE #C8404A

analogous

#40C87A #40C8BE #408EC8

triadic

#40C8BE #BE40C8 #C8BE40

tetradic

#40C8BE #7A40C8 #C8404A #8EC840

square

#40C8BE #7A40C8 #C8404A #8EC840

split-complementary

#40C8BE #C8408E #C87A40

monochromatic

#206E68 #2D9D95 #40C8BE #70D6CE #9FE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#40C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9d1',
    500: '#40c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8be;
$custom-light: #87d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BE

secondary

#D09498

accent

#4954DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BE

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

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