#40B8CD#40B8CD

#40B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8CD
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -26.26, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 33.19, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.092 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2696, 39.7753, 63.8279)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8CD #CD5540

analogous

#40CD9B #40B8CD #4072CD

triadic

#40B8CD #CD40B8 #B8CD40

tetradic

#40B8CD #9B40CD #CD5540 #72CD40

square

#40B8CD #9B40CD #CD5540 #72CD40

split-complementary

#40B8CD #CD4072 #CD9B40

monochromatic

#1E6774 #2B93A5 #40B8CD #71CADA #A1DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#40B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8CD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8CD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cddc',
    500: '#40b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8cd;
$custom-light: #87cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8CD

secondary

#D39F96

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8CD

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

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