#40C8CE#40C8CE

#40C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8CE
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -33.73, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 36.38, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1075 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.114 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9043, 46.8508, 65.6368)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8CE #CE4640

analogous

#40CE8D #40C8CE #4081CE

triadic

#40C8CE #CE40C8 #C8CE40

tetradic

#40C8CE #8D40CE #CE4640 #81CE40

square

#40C8CE #8D40CE #CE4640 #81CE40

split-complementary

#40C8CE #CE4081 #CE8D40

monochromatic

#1E7275 #2BA1A6 #40C8CE #71D6DA #A1E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#40C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#40C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8CE

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8CE	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9dc',
    500: '#40c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8ce;
$custom-light: #89d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8CE

secondary

#D49996

accent

#4C45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8CE

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

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