#40B6BB#40B6BB

#40B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6BB
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -30.64, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 32.98, 201.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0974 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.103 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8080, 38.1306, 52.8985)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6BB #BB4540

analogous

#40BB83 #40B6BB #4079BB

triadic

#40B6BB #BB40B6 #B6BB40

tetradic

#40B6BB #8340BB #BB4540 #79BB40

square

#40B6BB #8340BB #BB4540 #79BB40

split-complementary

#40B6BB #BB4079 #BB8340

monochromatic

#215D60 #308A8D #40B6BB #6CC9CD #99D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#40B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6BB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6BB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cccf',
    500: '#40b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6bb;
$custom-light: #85cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6BB

secondary

#C8918F

accent

#554FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6BB

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

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