#40C8C8#40C8C8

#40C8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8C8
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -35.45, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 37.01, 196.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.1101 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.114 195)
XYZ	xyz(33.1893, 46.5648, 61.8711)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8C8 #C84040

analogous

#40C884 #40C8C8 #4084C8

triadic

#40C8C8 #C840C8 #C8C840

tetradic

#40C8C8 #8440C8 #C84040 #84C840

square

#40C8C8 #8440C8 #C84040 #84C840

split-complementary

#40C8C8 #C84084 #C88440

monochromatic

#206E6E #2D9D9D #40C8C8 #70D6D6 #9FE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#40C8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8C8

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8C8	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d8',
    500: '#40c8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8c8;
$custom-light: #88d9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.46569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8C8

secondary

#D09494

accent

#4949DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8C8

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

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