#40C9B8#40C9B8

#40C9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9B8
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -40.31, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 40.37, 183.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1182 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.118 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6486, 46.3204, 52.6109)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9B8 #C94051

analogous

#40C974 #40C9B8 #4095C9

triadic

#40C9B8 #B840C9 #C9B840

tetradic

#40C9B8 #7440C9 #C94051 #95C940

square

#40C9B8 #7440C9 #C94051 #95C940

split-complementary

#40C9B8 #C94095 #C97440

monochromatic

#1F6F65 #2D9F91 #40C9B8 #70D6CA #9FE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#40C9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9B8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9B8	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dacd',
    500: '#40c9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9b8;
$custom-light: #87dacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75901,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9B8

secondary

#D0949C

accent

#495BDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9B8

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

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