#40B7C7#40B7C7

#40B7C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7C7
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -27.58, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 32.81, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0934 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.106 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3522, 39.0772, 60.0175)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7C7 #C75040

analogous

#40C794 #40B7C7 #4074C7

triadic

#40B7C7 #C740B7 #B7C740

tetradic

#40B7C7 #9440C7 #C75040 #74C740

square

#40B7C7 #9440C7 #C75040 #74C740

split-complementary

#40B7C7 #C74074 #C79440

monochromatic

#20646D #2E8F9C #40B7C7 #6FC9D5 #9FDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40B7C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#40B7C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7C7

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7C7	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd8',
    500: '#40b7c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7c7;
$custom-light: #86cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72042,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7C7

secondary

#CF9B94

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7C7

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

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