#40B6BC#40B6BC

#40B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6BC
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -30.35, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 32.90, 202.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.097 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(27.9154, 38.1736, 53.4642)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6BC #BC4640

analogous

#40BC84 #40B6BC #4078BC

triadic

#40B6BC #BC40B6 #B6BC40

tetradic

#40B6BC #8440BC #BC4640 #78BC40

square

#40B6BC #8440BC #BC4640 #78BC40

split-complementary

#40B6BC #BC4078 #BC8440

monochromatic

#215E61 #308A8E #40B6BC #6CC8CD #9AD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#40B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#40B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6BC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6BC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccd0',
    500: '#40b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6bc;
$custom-light: #85ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.38177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6BC

secondary

#C9928F

accent

#564FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6BC

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

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