#40C8CA#40C8CA

#40C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8CA
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -34.88, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 36.77, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1092 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.114 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4245, 46.6589, 63.1102)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8CA #CA4240

analogous

#40CA87 #40C8CA #4083CA

triadic

#40C8CA #CA40C8 #C8CA40

tetradic

#40C8CA #8740CA #CA4240 #83CA40

square

#40C8CA #8740CA #CA4240 #83CA40

split-complementary

#40C8CA #CA4083 #CA8740

monochromatic

#1F6F70 #2C9FA0 #40C8CA #70D6D7 #A0E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#40C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8CA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8CA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9da',
    500: '#40c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ca;
$custom-light: #88d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8CA

secondary

#D19695

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8CA

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

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