#40CAC8#40CAC8

#40CAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAC8
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -36.38, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 37.67, 195.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1121 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.115 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6555, 47.4973, 62.0265)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAC8 #CA4042

analogous

#40CA83 #40CAC8 #4087CA

triadic

#40CAC8 #C840CA #CAC840

tetradic

#40CAC8 #8340CA #CA4042 #87CA40

square

#40CAC8 #8340CA #CA4042 #87CA40

split-complementary

#40CAC8 #CA4087 #CA8340

monochromatic

#1F706F #2CA09F #40CAC8 #70D7D6 #A0E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#40CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#40CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAC8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAC8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dad8',
    500: '#40cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cac8;
$custom-light: #88dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76664,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAC8

secondary

#D19596

accent

#484AE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAC8

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

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