#40B8CA#40B8CA

#40B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8CA
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -27.17, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 33.05, 214.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0932 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9110, 39.6318, 61.9390)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8CA #CA5240

analogous

#40CA97 #40B8CA #4073CA

triadic

#40B8CA #CA40B8 #B8CA40

tetradic

#40B8CA #9740CA #CA5240 #73CA40

square

#40B8CA #9740CA #CA5240 #73CA40

split-complementary

#40B8CA #CA4073 #CA9740

monochromatic

#1F6670 #2C91A0 #40B8CA #70CAD7 #A0DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#40B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8CA

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8CA	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdda',
    500: '#40b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8ca;
$custom-light: #87cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8CA

secondary

#D19D95

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8CA

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

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