#40D6CC#40D6CC

#40D6CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.124 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D6CC
RGB	rgb(64, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -40.74, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 41.24, 188.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.1222 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.124 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0549, 53.5384, 65.4961)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D6CC #D6404A

analogous

#40D681 #40D6CC #4095D6

triadic

#40D6CC #CC40D6 #D6CC40

tetradic

#40D6CC #8140D6 #D6404A #95D640

square

#40D6CC #8140D6 #D6404A #95D640

split-complementary

#40D6CC #D64095 #D68140

monochromatic

#1B8079 #26B2A9 #40D6CC #72E1D9 #A5ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#40D6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#40D6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D6CC

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D6CC	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.124 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3db',
    500: '#40d6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d6cc;
$custom-light: #8ae3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D6CC

secondary

#873339

accent

#404BE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D6CC

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

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