#40C8CB#40C8CB

#40C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8CB
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -34.60, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 36.66, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1088 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.114 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5433, 46.7065, 63.7358)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8CB #CB4340

analogous

#40CB89 #40C8CB #4083CB

triadic

#40C8CB #CB40C8 #C8CB40

tetradic

#40C8CB #8940CB #CB4340 #83CB40

square

#40C8CB #8940CB #CB4340 #83CB40

split-complementary

#40C8CB #CB4083 #CB8940

monochromatic

#1F7072 #2C9FA2 #40C8CB #70D6D8 #A0E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#40C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8CB

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8CB	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9da',
    500: '#40c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8cb;
$custom-light: #88d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8CB

secondary

#D29695

accent

#4B47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8CB

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

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