#40B6CC#40B6CC

#40B6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6CC
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -25.57, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 32.90, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0904 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.107 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7368, 38.9021, 63.0567)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6CC #CC5640

analogous

#40CC9C #40B6CC #4070CC

triadic

#40B6CC #CC40B6 #B6CC40

tetradic

#40B6CC #9C40CC #CC5640 #70CC40

square

#40B6CC #9C40CC #CC5640 #70CC40

split-complementary

#40B6CC #CC4070 #CC9C40

monochromatic

#1F6673 #2C90A3 #40B6CC #70C8D9 #A1DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#40B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6CC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6CC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccdb',
    500: '#40b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6cc;
$custom-light: #87ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6CC

secondary

#D29F95

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6CC

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

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