#40C8CC#40C8CC

#40C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8CC
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -34.31, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 36.56, 200.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1084 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.114 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6628, 46.7543, 64.3654)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8CC #CC4440

analogous

#40CC8A #40C8CC #4082CC

triadic

#40C8CC #CC40C8 #C8CC40

tetradic

#40C8CC #8A40CC #CC4440 #82CC40

square

#40C8CC #8A40CC #CC4440 #82CC40

split-complementary

#40C8CC #CC4082 #CC8A40

monochromatic

#1F7173 #2CA0A3 #40C8CC #70D6D9 #A1E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#40C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8CC

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8CC	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9db',
    500: '#40c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8cc;
$custom-light: #88d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7632,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8CC

secondary

#D29795

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8CC

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

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