#40C9C0#40C9C0

#40C9C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9C0
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 192)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -38.15, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 38.65, 189.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1146 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.116 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5110, 46.6653, 57.1528)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9C0 #C94049

analogous

#40C97B #40C9C0 #408EC9

triadic

#40C9C0 #C040C9 #C9C040

tetradic

#40C9C0 #7B40C9 #C94049 #8EC940

square

#40C9C0 #7B40C9 #C94049 #8EC940

split-complementary

#40C9C0 #C9408E #C97B40

monochromatic

#1F6F6A #2D9F97 #40C9C0 #70D6D0 #9FE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#40C9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#40C9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9C0

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9C0	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dad3',
    500: '#40c9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9c0;
$custom-light: #88dad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76155,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9C0

secondary

#D09498

accent

#4952DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9C0

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

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