#40B7BC#40B7BC

#40B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7BC
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -30.83, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 33.18, 201.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.098 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1210, 38.5847, 53.5327)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7BC #BC4540

analogous

#40BC83 #40B7BC #4079BC

triadic

#40B7BC #BC40B7 #B7BC40

tetradic

#40B7BC #8340BC #BC4540 #79BC40

square

#40B7BC #8340BC #BC4540 #79BC40

split-complementary

#40B7BC #BC4079 #BC8340

monochromatic

#215E61 #308B8E #40B7BC #6CC9CD #9ADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#40B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7BC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7BC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdd0',
    500: '#40b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7bc;
$custom-light: #85cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7BC

secondary

#C9928F

accent

#554FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7BC

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

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