#40B3C8#40B3C8

#40B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B3C8
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -25.28, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 32.28, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0889 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.105 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6554, 37.4971, 60.3598)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B3C8 #C85540

analogous

#40C899 #40B3C8 #406FC8

triadic

#40B3C8 #C840B3 #B3C840

tetradic

#40B3C8 #9940C8 #C85540 #6FC840

square

#40B3C8 #9940C8 #C85540 #6FC840

split-complementary

#40B3C8 #C8406F #C89940

monochromatic

#20626E #2D8C9D #40B3C8 #70C6D6 #9FD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#40B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B3C8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B3C8	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cad8',
    500: '#40b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b3c8;
$custom-light: #86cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B3C8

secondary

#D09D94

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B3C8

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

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