#40B5C0#40B5C0

#40B5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5C0
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -28.69, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 32.45, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0943 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.103 204)
XYZ	xyz(28.1485, 37.9404, 55.6987)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5C0 #C04B40

analogous

#40C08B #40B5C0 #4075C0

triadic

#40B5C0 #C040B5 #B5C040

tetradic

#40B5C0 #8B40C0 #C04B40 #75C040

square

#40B5C0 #8B40C0 #C04B40 #75C040

split-complementary

#40B5C0 #C04075 #C08B40

monochromatic

#215F64 #308A92 #40B5C0 #6EC7CF #9CD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#40B5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5C0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5C0	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd3',
    500: '#40b5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5c0;
$custom-light: #85cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5C0

secondary

#CB9691

accent

#5A4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5C0

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

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