#40CBC9#40CBC9

#40CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CBC9
RGB	rgb(64, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -36.56, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 37.85, 195.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.1127 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.116 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0081, 48.0150, 62.7225)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CBC9 #CB4042

analogous

#40CB84 #40CBC9 #4087CB

triadic

#40CBC9 #C940CB #CBC940

tetradic

#40CBC9 #8440CB #CB4042 #87CB40

square

#40CBC9 #8440CB #CB4042 #87CB40

split-complementary

#40CBC9 #CB4087 #CB8440

monochromatic

#1F7270 #2CA2A0 #40CBC9 #70D8D7 #A0E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#40CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#40CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CBC9

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CBC9	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbd9',
    500: '#40cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cbc9;
$custom-light: #88dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.137,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CBC9

secondary

#D29596

accent

#474AE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CBC9

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

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