#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
RGBrgb(64, 201, 186)
HSLhsl(173, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(173, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.81, -39.77, -3.20)
CIE-LCHlch(73.81, 39.90, 184.60°)
OKLaboklab(75.96% -0.1173 -0.0093)
OKLCHoklch(75.96% 0.118 184.5)
XYZxyz(31.8597, 46.4048, 53.7228)
Luminance0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C9BA1.002.0410.2810.28
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2821.001.001.00
##00000010.2821.001.001.00

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

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#40C9BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva