#40B3BC#40B3BC

#40B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B3BC
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -28.89, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 32.13, 205.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0939 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3076, 36.9580, 53.2616)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B3BC #BC4940

analogous

#40BC87 #40B3BC #4075BC

triadic

#40B3BC #BC40B3 #B3BC40

tetradic

#40B3BC #8740BC #BC4940 #75BC40

square

#40B3BC #8740BC #BC4940 #75BC40

split-complementary

#40B3BC #BC4075 #BC8740

monochromatic

#215C61 #30888E #40B3BC #6CC6CD #9AD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#40B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B3BC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B3BC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cad0',
    500: '#40b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b3bc;
$custom-light: #85cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B3BC

secondary

#C9938F

accent

#594FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B3BC

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

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