#40B0BC#40B0BC

#40B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B0BC
RGB	rgb(64, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -27.41, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 31.45, 209.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0908 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7129, 35.7685, 53.0634)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B0BC #BC4C40

analogous

#40BC8A #40B0BC #4072BC

triadic

#40B0BC #BC40B0 #B0BC40

tetradic

#40B0BC #8A40BC #BC4C40 #72BC40

square

#40B0BC #8A40BC #BC4C40 #72BC40

split-complementary

#40B0BC #BC4072 #BC8A40

monochromatic

#215B61 #30858E #40B0BC #6CC4CD #9AD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#40B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B0BC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B0BC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8d0',
    500: '#40b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b0bc;
$custom-light: #84c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B0BC

secondary

#C9958F

accent

#5C4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B0BC

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

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