#40ACBC#40ACBC

#40ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACBC
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -25.41, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 30.71, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0867 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.099 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9401, 34.2230, 52.8058)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACBC #BC5040

analogous

#40BC8E #40ACBC #406EBC

triadic

#40ACBC #BC40AC #ACBC40

tetradic

#40ACBC #8E40BC #BC5040 #6EBC40

square

#40ACBC #8E40BC #BC5040 #6EBC40

split-complementary

#40ACBC #BC406E #BC8E40

monochromatic

#215861 #30828E #40ACBC #6CC1CD #9AD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#40ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACBC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACBC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5d0',
    500: '#40acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acbc;
$custom-light: #84c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68962,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACBC

secondary

#C9978F

accent

#614FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACBC

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

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