#40C8C2#40C8C2

#40C8C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C2
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 194)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -37.14, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 37.92, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.1127 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.115 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5018, 46.2898, 58.2504)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C2 #C84046

analogous

#40C87E #40C8C2 #408AC8

triadic

#40C8C2 #C240C8 #C8C240

tetradic

#40C8C2 #7E40C8 #C84046 #8AC840

square

#40C8C2 #7E40C8 #C84046 #8AC840

split-complementary

#40C8C2 #C8408A #C87E40

monochromatic

#206E6A #2D9D99 #40C8C2 #70D6D1 #9FE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#40C8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C2

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C2	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d4',
    500: '#40c8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c2;
$custom-light: #88d9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C2

secondary

#D09497

accent

#4950DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C2

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

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