#40C8D4#40C8D4

#40C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8D4
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -31.98, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 36.02, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.105 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6471, 47.1480, 69.5490)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8D4 #D44C40

analogous

#40D496 #40C8D4 #407ED4

triadic

#40C8D4 #D440C8 #C8D440

tetradic

#40C8D4 #9640D4 #D44C40 #7ED440

square

#40C8D4 #9640D4 #D44C40 #7ED440

split-complementary

#40C8D4 #D4407E #D49640

monochromatic

#1C757D #27A4AF #40C8D4 #72D6DF #A4E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#40C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#40C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8D4

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8D4	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9e1',
    500: '#40c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8d4;
$custom-light: #89d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8D4

secondary

#D79E98

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8D4

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

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