#40BACD#40BACD

#40BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BACD
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -27.26, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 33.45, 215.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.094 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.108 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6880, 40.6121, 63.9673)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BACD #CD5340

analogous

#40CD99 #40BACD #4074CD

triadic

#40BACD #CD40BA #BACD40

tetradic

#40BACD #9940CD #CD5340 #74CD40

square

#40BACD #9940CD #CD5340 #74CD40

split-complementary

#40BACD #CD4074 #CD9940

monochromatic

#1E6974 #2B94A5 #40BACD #71CCDA #A1DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BACD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BACD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfdc',
    500: '#40bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bacd;
$custom-light: #87cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BACD

secondary

#D39E96

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BACD

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

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