#40C8C3#40C8C3

#40C8C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C3
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 195)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -36.86, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 37.75, 192.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1123 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.115 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6145, 46.3349, 58.8438)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C3 #C84045

analogous

#40C87F #40C8C3 #4089C8

triadic

#40C8C3 #C340C8 #C8C340

tetradic

#40C8C3 #7F40C8 #C84045 #89C840

square

#40C8C3 #7F40C8 #C84045 #89C840

split-complementary

#40C8C3 #C84089 #C87F40

monochromatic

#206E6B #2D9D99 #40C8C3 #70D6D2 #9FE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C8C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#40C8C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C3

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C3	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d5',
    500: '#40c8c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c3;
$custom-light: #88d9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C3

secondary

#D09496

accent

#494FDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C3

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

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