#40C8C4#40C8C4

#40C8C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C4
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -36.58, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 37.59, 193.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.1118 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.114 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7279, 46.3803, 59.4413)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C4 #C84044

analogous

#40C880 #40C8C4 #4088C8

triadic

#40C8C4 #C440C8 #C8C440

tetradic

#40C8C4 #8040C8 #C84044 #88C840

square

#40C8C4 #8040C8 #C84044 #88C840

split-complementary

#40C8C4 #C84088 #C88040

monochromatic

#206E6C #2D9D9A #40C8C4 #70D6D3 #9FE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#40C8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C4

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C4	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d5',
    500: '#40c8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c4;
$custom-light: #88d9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C4

secondary

#D09496

accent

#494EDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C4

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

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