#40C8CD#40C8CD

#40C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8CD
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -34.02, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 36.47, 201.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.108 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.114 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7832, 46.8024, 64.9991)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8CD #CD4540

analogous

#40CD8C #40C8CD #4081CD

triadic

#40C8CD #CD40C8 #C8CD40

tetradic

#40C8CD #8C40CD #CD4540 #81CD40

square

#40C8CD #8C40CD #CD4540 #81CD40

split-complementary

#40C8CD #CD4081 #CD8C40

monochromatic

#1E7174 #2BA0A5 #40C8CD #71D6DA #A1E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#40C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8CD

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8CD	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9dc',
    500: '#40c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8cd;
$custom-light: #89d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.128,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8CD

secondary

#D39896

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8CD

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

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