#40BACE#40BACE

#40BACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BACE
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -26.95, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 33.50, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0936 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.109 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8091, 40.6605, 64.6051)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BACE #CE5440

analogous

#40CE9B #40BACE #4073CE

triadic

#40BACE #CE40BA #BACE40

tetradic

#40BACE #9B40CE #CE5440 #73CE40

square

#40BACE #9B40CE #CE5440 #73CE40

split-complementary

#40BACE #CE4073 #CE9B40

monochromatic

#1E6975 #2B95A6 #40BACE #71CCDA #A1DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#40BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BACE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BACE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfdd',
    500: '#40bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bace;
$custom-light: #87cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BACE

secondary

#D49F96

accent

#5C45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BACE

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

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