#40B7BB#40B7BB

#40B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7BB
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -31.12, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 33.27, 200.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0985 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.104 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0135, 38.5417, 52.9670)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7BB #BB4440

analogous

#40BB82 #40B7BB #407ABB

triadic

#40B7BB #BB40B7 #B7BB40

tetradic

#40B7BB #8240BB #BB4440 #7ABB40

square

#40B7BB #8240BB #BB4440 #7ABB40

split-complementary

#40B7BB #BB407A #BB8240

monochromatic

#215E60 #308A8D #40B7BB #6CC9CD #99DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#40B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7BB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7BB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdcf',
    500: '#40b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7bb;
$custom-light: #85cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7BB

secondary

#C8918F

accent

#544FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →