#40B6CB#40B6CB

#40B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6CB
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -25.87, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 32.83, 217.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0908 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.107 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6172, 38.8543, 62.4271)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6CB #CB5540

analogous

#40CB9B #40B6CB #4070CB

triadic

#40B6CB #CB40B6 #B6CB40

tetradic

#40B6CB #9B40CB #CB5540 #70CB40

square

#40B6CB #9B40CB #CB5540 #70CB40

split-complementary

#40B6CB #CB4070 #CB9B40

monochromatic

#1F6572 #2C90A2 #40B6CB #70C8D8 #A0DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#40B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6CB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6CB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccda',
    500: '#40b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6cb;
$custom-light: #86ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71957,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6CB

secondary

#D29E95

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6CB

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

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