#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
RGBrgb(64, 201, 202)
HSLhsl(180, 57%, 52%)
HSVhsv(180, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.27, -35.35, -11.19)
CIE-LCHlch(74.27, 37.08, 197.56°)
OKLaboklab(76.49% -0.1102 -0.0311)
OKLCHoklch(76.49% 0.115 195.7)
XYZxyz(33.6569, 47.1237, 63.1876)
Luminance0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40C9CA1.002.0110.4310.43
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4321.001.001.00
##00000010.4321.001.001.00

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

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#40C9CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva