#40C8C7#40C8C7

#40C8C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C7
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 199)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -35.74, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 37.15, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.1105 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.114 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0728, 46.5182, 61.2576)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C7 #C84041

analogous

#40C883 #40C8C7 #4085C8

triadic

#40C8C7 #C740C8 #C8C740

tetradic

#40C8C7 #8340C8 #C84041 #85C840

square

#40C8C7 #8340C8 #C84041 #85C840

split-complementary

#40C8C7 #C84085 #C88340

monochromatic

#206E6D #2D9D9D #40C8C7 #70D6D5 #9FE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C8C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#40C8C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C7

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C7	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)

#BBBEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d8',
    500: '#40c8c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c7;
$custom-light: #88d9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C7

secondary

#D09495

accent

#494ADF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C7

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

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