#40B5C2#40B5C2

#40B5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B5C2
RGB	rgb(64, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -28.09, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 32.41, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0934 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.104 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3716, 38.0296, 56.8737)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B5C2 #C24D40

analogous

#40C28E #40B5C2 #4074C2

triadic

#40B5C2 #C240B5 #B5C240

tetradic

#40B5C2 #8E40C2 #C24D40 #74C240

square

#40B5C2 #8E40C2 #C24D40 #74C240

split-complementary

#40B5C2 #C24074 #C28E40

monochromatic

#216067 #308B95 #40B5C2 #6EC7D1 #9DD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#40B5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#40B5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B5C2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B5C2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd4',
    500: '#40b5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b5c2;
$custom-light: #85cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B5C2

secondary

#CC9892

accent

#5B4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B5C2

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

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