#40A7BB#40A7BB

#40A7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.097 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7BB
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -23.18, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 29.98, 219.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0819 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.097 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8990, 32.3126, 51.9288)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7BB #BB5440

analogous

#40BB92 #40A7BB #406ABB

triadic

#40A7BB #BB40A7 #A7BB40

tetradic

#40A7BB #9240BB #BB5440 #6ABB40

square

#40A7BB #9240BB #BB5440 #6ABB40

split-complementary

#40A7BB #BB406A #BB9240

monochromatic

#215660 #307E8D #40A7BB #6CBDCD #99D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#40A7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#40A7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7BB	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.097 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1cf',
    500: '#40a7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7bb;
$custom-light: #83c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7BB

secondary

#C8988F

accent

#664FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7BB

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

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