#40B2C8#40B2C8

#40B2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2C8
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -24.78, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 32.18, 219.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0879 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.105 213)
XYZ	xyz(28.4557, 37.0977, 60.2933)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2C8 #C85640

analogous

#40C89A #40B2C8 #406EC8

triadic

#40B2C8 #C840B2 #B2C840

tetradic

#40B2C8 #9A40C8 #C85640 #6EC840

square

#40B2C8 #9A40C8 #C85640 #6EC840

split-complementary

#40B2C8 #C8406E #C89A40

monochromatic

#20616E #2D8B9D #40B2C8 #70C5D6 #9FD8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#40B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2C8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2C8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9d8',
    500: '#40b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2c8;
$custom-light: #86c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.37101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2C8

secondary

#D09E94

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2C8

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

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