#40BBBD#40BBBD

#40BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBBD
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -32.46, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 34.26, 198.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1017 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0659, 40.3015, 54.3814)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBBD #BD4240

analogous

#40BD81 #40BBBD #407DBD

triadic

#40BBBD #BD40BB #BBBD40

tetradic

#40BBBD #8140BD #BD4240 #7DBD40

square

#40BBBD #8140BD #BD4240 #7DBD40

split-complementary

#40BBBD #BD407D #BD8140

monochromatic

#216162 #318E8F #40BBBD #6DCCCD #9ADCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#40BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBBD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBBD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d0',
    500: '#40bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbbd;
$custom-light: #86d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBBD

secondary

#C99190

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBBD

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

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