#40C9D2#40C9D2

#40C9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C9D2
RGBrgb(64, 201, 210)
HSLhsl(184, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(184, 70%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(69.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.52, -33.05, -15.15)
CIE-LCHlch(74.52, 36.35, 204.63°)
OKLaboklab(76.77% -0.1068 -0.042)
OKLCHoklch(76.77% 0.115 201.5)
XYZxyz(34.6287, 47.5124, 68.3060)
Luminance0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C9D2 #D24940
analogous
#40D292 #40C9D2 #4080D2
triadic
#40C9D2 #D240C9 #C9D240
tetradic
#40C9D2 #9240D2 #D24940 #80D240
square
#40C9D2 #9240D2 #D24940 #80D240
split-complementary
#40C9D2 #D24080 #D29240
monochromatic
#1D757B #29A4AC #40C9D2 #72D7DE #A3E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#40C9D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50
#40C9D2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C9D2
10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C9D2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C9D21.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAC0D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5B1D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 201.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dadf',
    500: '#40c9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c9d2;
$custom-light: #89dadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76774,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C9D2
secondary
#D69C98
accent
#4D43E5
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C9D2

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#40C9D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva