#40B2BC#40B2BC

#40B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2BC
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -28.40, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 31.89, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0929 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1079, 36.5586, 53.1951)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2BC #BC4A40

analogous

#40BC88 #40B2BC #4074BC

triadic

#40B2BC #BC40B2 #B2BC40

tetradic

#40B2BC #8840BC #BC4A40 #74BC40

square

#40B2BC #8840BC #BC4A40 #74BC40

split-complementary

#40B2BC #BC4074 #BC8840

monochromatic

#215C61 #30878E #40B2BC #6CC5CD #9AD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#40B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#40B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2BC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2BC	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d0',
    500: '#40b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2bc;
$custom-light: #85c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2BC

secondary

#C9948F

accent

#5A4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2BC

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

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