#40C9BA#40C9BA

#40C9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9BA
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -39.77, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 39.90, 184.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1173 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.118 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8597, 46.4048, 53.7228)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9BA #C9404F

analogous

#40C976 #40C9BA #4093C9

triadic

#40C9BA #BA40C9 #C9BA40

tetradic

#40C9BA #7640C9 #C9404F #93C940

square

#40C9BA #7640C9 #C9404F #93C940

split-complementary

#40C9BA #C94093 #C97640

monochromatic

#1F6F66 #2D9F92 #40C9BA #70D6CB #9FE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#40C9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9BA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9BA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dace',
    500: '#40c9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9ba;
$custom-light: #87dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75963,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9BA

secondary

#D0949B

accent

#4959DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9BA

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

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