#40C9CA#40C9CA

#40C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9CA
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -35.35, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 37.08, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.1102 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.115 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6569, 47.1237, 63.1876)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9CA #CA4140

analogous

#40CA86 #40C9CA #4084CA

triadic

#40C9CA #CA40C9 #C9CA40

tetradic

#40C9CA #8640CA #CA4140 #84CA40

square

#40C9CA #8640CA #CA4140 #84CA40

split-complementary

#40C9CA #CA4084 #CA8640

monochromatic

#1F7070 #2C9FA0 #40C9CA #70D7D7 #A0E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#40C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#40C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9CA

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9CA	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dada',
    500: '#40c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9ca;
$custom-light: #88dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9CA

secondary

#D19595

accent

#4948E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9CA

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

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