#40BAC8#40BAC8

#40BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAC8
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -28.76, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 33.36, 210.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.096 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.107 206)
XYZ	xyz(30.0941, 40.3745, 60.8394)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAC8 #C84E40

analogous

#40C892 #40BAC8 #4076C8

triadic

#40BAC8 #C840BA #BAC840

tetradic

#40BAC8 #9240C8 #C84E40 #76C840

square

#40BAC8 #9240C8 #C84E40 #76C840

split-complementary

#40BAC8 #C84076 #C89240

monochromatic

#20666E #2D929D #40BAC8 #70CBD6 #9FDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAC8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAC8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfd8',
    500: '#40bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bac8;
$custom-light: #87cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAC8

secondary

#D09A94

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAC8

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

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