#40C9B9#40C9B9

#40C9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9B9
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -40.04, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 40.13, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.1177 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.118 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7538, 46.3624, 53.1649)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9B9 #C94050

analogous

#40C975 #40C9B9 #4094C9

triadic

#40C9B9 #B940C9 #C9B940

tetradic

#40C9B9 #7540C9 #C94050 #94C940

square

#40C9B9 #7540C9 #C94050 #94C940

split-complementary

#40C9B9 #C94094 #C97540

monochromatic

#1F6F66 #2D9F92 #40C9B9 #70D6CA #9FE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#40C9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9B9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9B9	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dace',
    500: '#40c9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9b9;
$custom-light: #87dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9B9

secondary

#D0949B

accent

#495ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9B9

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

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