#40C8C6#40C8C6

#40C8C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C6
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 198)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -36.02, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 37.29, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.111 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.114 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9571, 46.4720, 60.6482)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C6 #C84042

analogous

#40C882 #40C8C6 #4086C8

triadic

#40C8C6 #C640C8 #C8C640

tetradic

#40C8C6 #8240C8 #C84042 #86C840

square

#40C8C6 #8240C8 #C84042 #86C840

split-complementary

#40C8C6 #C84086 #C88240

monochromatic

#206E6D #2D9D9C #40C8C6 #70D6D4 #9FE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C8C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#40C8C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C6

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C6	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d7',
    500: '#40c8c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c6;
$custom-light: #88d9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76112,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C6

secondary

#D09495

accent

#494BDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C6

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

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