#40B4CA#40B4CA

#40B4CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4CA
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -25.18, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 32.54, 219.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0892 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.106 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0918, 37.9935, 61.6659)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4CA #CA5640

analogous

#40CA9B #40B4CA #406FCA

triadic

#40B4CA #CA40B4 #B4CA40

tetradic

#40B4CA #9B40CA #CA5640 #6FCA40

square

#40B4CA #9B40CA #CA5640 #6FCA40

split-complementary

#40B4CA #CA406F #CA9B40

monochromatic

#1F6370 #2C8EA0 #40B4CA #70C7D7 #A0DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#40B4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#40B4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4CA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4CA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cada',
    500: '#40b4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4ca;
$custom-light: #86cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71439,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4CA

secondary

#D19E95

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4CA

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

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