#40BACF#40BACF

#40BACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BACF
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -26.65, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 33.55, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0932 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.109 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9310, 40.7093, 65.2469)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BACF #CF5540

analogous

#40CF9C #40BACF #4072CF

triadic

#40BACF #CF40BA #BACF40

tetradic

#40BACF #9C40CF #CF5540 #72CF40

square

#40BACF #9C40CF #CF5540 #72CF40

split-complementary

#40BACF #CF4072 #CF9C40

monochromatic

#1E6A77 #2A95A8 #40BACF #71CCDB #A2DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#40BACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BACF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BACF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 211.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BACF

secondary

#D4A097

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BACF

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

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