#40C8BF#40C8BF

#40C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8BF
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -37.96, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 38.46, 189.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.114 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.115 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1683, 46.1564, 56.4938)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8BF #C84049

analogous

#40C87B #40C8BF #408DC8

triadic

#40C8BF #BF40C8 #C8BF40

tetradic

#40C8BF #7B40C8 #C84049 #8DC840

square

#40C8BF #7B40C8 #C84049 #8DC840

split-complementary

#40C8BF #C8408D #C87B40

monochromatic

#206E69 #2D9D96 #40C8BF #70D6CF #9FE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#40C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8BF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8BF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9d2',
    500: '#40c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8bf;
$custom-light: #87d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8BF

secondary

#D09498

accent

#4953DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8BF

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

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