#40C8C5#40C8C5

#40C8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C8C5
RGBrgb(64, 200, 197)
HSLhsl(179, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(179, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.82, -36.30, -9.14)
CIE-LCHlch(73.82, 37.43, 194.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.08% -0.1114 -0.0254)
OKLCHoklch(76.08% 0.114 192.9)
XYZxyz(32.8421, 46.4260, 60.0427)
Luminance0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C8C5 #C84043
analogous
#40C881 #40C8C5 #4087C8
triadic
#40C8C5 #C540C8 #C8C540
tetradic
#40C8C5 #8140C8 #C84043 #87C840
square
#40C8C5 #8140C8 #C84043 #87C840
split-complementary
#40C8C5 #C84087 #C88140
monochromatic
#206E6C #2D9D9B #40C8C5 #70D6D3 #9FE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#40C8C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29
#40C8C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C5
10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C8C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C8C51.002.0410.2910.29
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2921.001.001.00
##00000010.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCBEC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7AFC6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CEC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 192.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d6',
    500: '#40c8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c8c5;
$custom-light: #88d9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C8C5
secondary
#D09495
accent
#494CDF
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1514
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#40C8C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva