#40B7C8#40B7C8

#40B7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7C8
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -27.28, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 32.83, 213.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.093 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.106 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4687, 39.1238, 60.6309)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7C8 #C85140

analogous

#40C895 #40B7C8 #4073C8

triadic

#40B7C8 #C840B7 #B7C840

tetradic

#40B7C8 #9540C8 #C85140 #73C840

square

#40B7C8 #9540C8 #C85140 #73C840

split-complementary

#40B7C8 #C84073 #C89540

monochromatic

#20646E #2D8F9D #40B7C8 #70C9D6 #9FDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40B7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#40B7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7C8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7C8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd8',
    500: '#40b7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7c8;
$custom-light: #86cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7C8

secondary

#D09C94

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7C8

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

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