#40BBBE#40BBBE

#40BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBBE
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -32.18, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 34.16, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1013 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.106 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1748, 40.3451, 54.9550)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBBE #BE4340

analogous

#40BE82 #40BBBE #407CBE

triadic

#40BBBE #BE40BB #BBBE40

tetradic

#40BBBE #8240BE #BE4340 #7CBE40

square

#40BBBE #8240BE #BE4340 #7CBE40

split-complementary

#40BBBE #BE407C #BE8240

monochromatic

#216162 #318E90 #40BBBE #6DCCCE #9BDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#40BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBBE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBBE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d1',
    500: '#40bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbbe;
$custom-light: #86d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBBE

secondary

#C99290

accent

#524FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBBE

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

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