#40C9BB#40C9BB

#40C9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9BB
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -39.51, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 39.68, 185.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.1168 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.117 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9664, 46.4475, 54.2846)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9BB #C9404E

analogous

#40C977 #40C9BB #4092C9

triadic

#40C9BB #BB40C9 #C9BB40

tetradic

#40C9BB #7740C9 #C9404E #92C940

square

#40C9BB #7740C9 #C9404E #92C940

split-complementary

#40C9BB #C94092 #C97740

monochromatic

#1F6F67 #2D9F93 #40C9BB #70D6CC #9FE4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#40C9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9BB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9BB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dacf',
    500: '#40c9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9bb;
$custom-light: #87dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9BB

secondary

#D0949B

accent

#4958DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9BB

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

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