#40B6CA#40B6CA

#40B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6CA
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -26.18, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 32.77, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0912 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.106 211)
XYZ	xyz(29.4985, 38.8068, 61.8015)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6CA #CA5440

analogous

#40CA99 #40B6CA #4071CA

triadic

#40B6CA #CA40B6 #B6CA40

tetradic

#40B6CA #9940CA #CA5440 #71CA40

square

#40B6CA #9940CA #CA5440 #71CA40

split-complementary

#40B6CA #CA4071 #CA9940

monochromatic

#1F6570 #2C90A0 #40B6CA #70C8D7 #A0DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#40B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#40B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6CA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6CA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccda',
    500: '#40b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6ca;
$custom-light: #86ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71918,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.3881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6CA

secondary

#D19E95

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6CA

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

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