#40CCC9#40CCC9

#40CCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CCC9
RGB	rgb(64, 204, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -37.02, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 38.19, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.1137 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.117 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2450, 48.4888, 62.8015)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CCC9 #CC4043

analogous

#40CC83 #40CCC9 #4089CC

triadic

#40CCC9 #C940CC #CCC940

tetradic

#40CCC9 #8340CC #CC4043 #89CC40

square

#40CCC9 #8340CC #CC4043 #89CC40

split-complementary

#40CCC9 #CC4089 #CC8340

monochromatic

#1F7371 #2CA3A1 #40CCC9 #70D9D7 #A1E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#40CCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#40CCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CCC9

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CCC9	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ccc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 204, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd9',
    500: '#40ccc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ccc9;
$custom-light: #89dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ccc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CCC9

secondary

#D29597

accent

#474AE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CCC9

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

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