#40B7CD#40B7CD

#40B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7CD
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -25.76, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 33.08, 218.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.091 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.108 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0626, 39.3613, 63.7589)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7CD #CD5640

analogous

#40CD9D #40B7CD #4070CD

triadic

#40B7CD #CD40B7 #B7CD40

tetradic

#40B7CD #9D40CD #CD5640 #70CD40

square

#40B7CD #9D40CD #CD5640 #70CD40

split-complementary

#40B7CD #CD4070 #CD9D40

monochromatic

#1E6774 #2B92A5 #40B7CD #71C9DA #A1DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#40B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7CD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7CD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cddc',
    500: '#40b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7cd;
$custom-light: #87cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7CD

secondary

#D39F96

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7CD

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

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