#40A8BB#40A8BB

#40A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8BB
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -23.69, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 30.09, 218.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0829 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.098 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0829, 32.6804, 51.9901)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8BB #BB5340

analogous

#40BB91 #40A8BB #406BBB

triadic

#40A8BB #BB40A8 #A8BB40

tetradic

#40A8BB #9140BB #BB5340 #6BBB40

square

#40A8BB #9140BB #BB5340 #6BBB40

split-complementary

#40A8BB #BB406B #BB9140

monochromatic

#215660 #307F8D #40A8BB #6CBECD #99D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#40A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#40A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8BB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8BB	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2cf',
    500: '#40a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8bb;
$custom-light: #83c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67954,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8BB

secondary

#C8988F

accent

#644FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8BB

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

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