#40C9CE#40C9CE

#40C9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C9CE
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -34.21, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 36.65, 201.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1085 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.115 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1366, 47.3155, 65.7143)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C9CE #CE4540

analogous

#40CE8C #40C9CE #4082CE

triadic

#40C9CE #CE40C9 #C9CE40

tetradic

#40C9CE #8C40CE #CE4540 #82CE40

square

#40C9CE #8C40CE #CE4540 #82CE40

split-complementary

#40C9CE #CE4082 #CE8C40

monochromatic

#1E7275 #2BA2A6 #40C9CE #71D7DA #A1E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#40C9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#40C9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9CE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C9CE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dadc',
    500: '#40c9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c9ce;
$custom-light: #89dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.113,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76631,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C9CE

secondary

#D49896

accent

#4B45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9CE

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

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