#40B6CD#40B6CD

#40B6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B6CD
RGB	rgb(64, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -25.26, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 32.98, 220.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.09 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.108 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8571, 38.9503, 63.6904)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B6CD #CD5740

analogous

#40CD9D #40B6CD #4070CD

triadic

#40B6CD #CD40B6 #B6CD40

tetradic

#40B6CD #9D40CD #CD5740 #70CD40

square

#40B6CD #9D40CD #CD5740 #70CD40

split-complementary

#40B6CD #CD4070 #CD9D40

monochromatic

#1E6674 #2B91A5 #40B6CD #71C9DA #A1DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40B6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#40B6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B6CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B6CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccdc',
    500: '#40b6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b6cd;
$custom-light: #87ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72037,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B6CD

secondary

#D3A096

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B6CD

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

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