#40C8D2#40C8D2

#40C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8D2
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -32.57, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 36.11, 205.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1059 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.114 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3964, 47.0477, 68.2286)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8D2 #D24A40

analogous

#40D293 #40C8D2 #407FD2

triadic

#40C8D2 #D240C8 #C8D240

tetradic

#40C8D2 #9340D2 #D24A40 #7FD240

square

#40C8D2 #9340D2 #D24A40 #7FD240

split-complementary

#40C8D2 #D2407F #D29340

monochromatic

#1D747B #29A3AC #40C8D2 #72D6DE #A3E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#40C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#40C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8D2

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8D2	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9df',
    500: '#40c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8d2;
$custom-light: #89d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8D2

secondary

#D69C98

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8D2

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

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