#40C9BE#40C9BE

#40C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9BE
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -38.69, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 39.04, 187.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.1155 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.116 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2909, 46.5773, 55.9937)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9BE #C9404B

analogous

#40C979 #40C9BE #4090C9

triadic

#40C9BE #BE40C9 #C9BE40

tetradic

#40C9BE #7940C9 #C9404B #90C940

square

#40C9BE #7940C9 #C9404B #90C940

split-complementary

#40C9BE #C94090 #C97940

monochromatic

#1F6F69 #2D9F96 #40C9BE #70D6CE #9FE4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#40C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9BE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9BE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dad1',
    500: '#40c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9be;
$custom-light: #87dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.182,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9BE

secondary

#D09499

accent

#4955DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9BE

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

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