#40B4C8#40B4C8

#40B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4C8
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -25.79, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 32.40, 217.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.09 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.105 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8565, 37.8994, 60.4269)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4C8 #C85440

analogous

#40C898 #40B4C8 #4070C8

triadic

#40B4C8 #C840B4 #B4C840

tetradic

#40B4C8 #9840C8 #C85440 #70C840

square

#40B4C8 #9840C8 #C85440 #70C840

split-complementary

#40B4C8 #C84070 #C89840

monochromatic

#20626E #2D8D9D #40B4C8 #70C7D6 #9FD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#40B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4C8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4C8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cad8',
    500: '#40b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4c8;
$custom-light: #86cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4C8

secondary

#D09D94

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4C8

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

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