#40BBC0#40BBC0

#40BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC0
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -31.60, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.97, 201.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1004 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(29.3949, 40.4331, 56.1141)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC0 #C04540

analogous

#40C085 #40BBC0 #407BC0

triadic

#40BBC0 #C040BB #BBC040

tetradic

#40BBC0 #8540C0 #C04540 #7BC040

square

#40BBC0 #8540C0 #C04540 #7BC040

split-complementary

#40BBC0 #C0407B #C08540

monochromatic

#216264 #308F92 #40BBC0 #6ECBCF #9CDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#40BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC0	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d3',
    500: '#40bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc0;
$custom-light: #86d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.344,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.40436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC0

secondary

#CB9491

accent

#534EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC0

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

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