#40BACC#40BACC

#40BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BACC
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -27.56, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 33.42, 214.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0944 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.108 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5677, 40.5640, 63.3337)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BACC #CC5240

analogous

#40CC98 #40BACC #4074CC

triadic

#40BACC #CC40BA #BACC40

tetradic

#40BACC #9840CC #CC5240 #74CC40

square

#40BACC #9840CC #CC5240 #74CC40

split-complementary

#40BACC #CC4074 #CC9840

monochromatic

#1F6873 #2C94A3 #40BACC #70CBD9 #A1DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#40BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BACC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BACC	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfdb',
    500: '#40bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bacc;
$custom-light: #87cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72955,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BACC

secondary

#D29D95

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BACC

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

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