#40B7C2#40B7C2

#40B7C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7C2
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -29.08, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 32.84, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0955 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.104 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7812, 38.8488, 57.0102)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7C2 #C24B40

analogous

#40C28C #40B7C2 #4076C2

triadic

#40B7C2 #C240B7 #B7C240

tetradic

#40B7C2 #8C40C2 #C24B40 #76C240

square

#40B7C2 #8C40C2 #C24B40 #76C240

split-complementary

#40B7C2 #C24076 #C28C40

monochromatic

#216167 #308D95 #40B7C2 #6EC8D1 #9DDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40B7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#40B7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7C2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7C2	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)

#A9B0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd4',
    500: '#40b7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7c2;
$custom-light: #86cdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7C2

secondary

#CC9792

accent

#594DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7C2

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

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