#40B0C0#40B0C0

#40B0C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B0C0
RGB	rgb(64, 176, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -26.21, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 31.48, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0891 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1501, 35.9434, 55.3659)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B0C0 #C05040

analogous

#40C090 #40B0C0 #4070C0

triadic

#40B0C0 #C040B0 #B0C040

tetradic

#40B0C0 #9040C0 #C05040 #70C040

square

#40B0C0 #9040C0 #C05040 #70C040

split-complementary

#40B0C0 #C04070 #C09040

monochromatic

#215C64 #308692 #40B0C0 #6EC3CF #9CD6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#40B0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#40B0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B0C0

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B0C0	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 176, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8d3',
    500: '#40b0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b0c0;
$custom-light: #85c8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B0C0

secondary

#CB9891

accent

#5F4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B0C0

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

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