#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
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 197)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -36.30, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 37.43, 194.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.1114 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.114 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8421, 46.4260, 60.0427)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C8C5	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40C8C5

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

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