#40B4C3#40B4C3

#40B4C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4C3
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 195)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -27.30, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 32.23, 212.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.092 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.104 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2817, 37.6695, 57.3996)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4C3 #C34F40

analogous

#40C390 #40B4C3 #4072C3

triadic

#40B4C3 #C340B4 #B4C340

tetradic

#40B4C3 #9040C3 #C34F40 #72C340

square

#40B4C3 #9040C3 #C34F40 #72C340

split-complementary

#40B4C3 #C34072 #C39040

monochromatic

#216068 #2F8B97 #40B4C3 #6FC6D2 #9DD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#40B4C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#40B4C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4C3

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4C3	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cad5',
    500: '#40b4c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4c3;
$custom-light: #85cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71166,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4C3

secondary

#CC9992

accent

#5D4CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4C3

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

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