#40C9C8#40C9C8

#40C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9C8
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -35.92, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 37.34, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.1111 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.115 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4216, 47.0295, 61.9486)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9C8 #C94041

analogous

#40C984 #40C9C8 #4086C9

triadic

#40C9C8 #C840C9 #C9C840

tetradic

#40C9C8 #8440C9 #C94041 #86C940

square

#40C9C8 #8440C9 #C94041 #86C940

split-complementary

#40C9C8 #C94086 #C98440

monochromatic

#1F6F6F #2D9F9E #40C9C8 #70D6D6 #9FE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#40C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#40C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9C8

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9C8	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dad8',
    500: '#40c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9c8;
$custom-light: #88dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.562,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9C8

secondary

#D09495

accent

#494ADF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9C8

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

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