#40BBC1#40BBC1

#40BBC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC1
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -31.31, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 33.89, 202.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5061, 40.4776, 56.6996)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC1 #C14640

analogous

#40C187 #40BBC1 #407AC1

triadic

#40BBC1 #C140BB #BBC140

tetradic

#40BBC1 #8740C1 #C14640 #7AC140

square

#40BBC1 #8740C1 #C14640 #7AC140

split-complementary

#40BBC1 #C1407A #C18740

monochromatic

#216266 #308F94 #40BBC1 #6ECBD0 #9CDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#40BBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC1

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC1	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d3',
    500: '#40bbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc1;
$custom-light: #86d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC1

secondary

#CB9492

accent

#544DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC1

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

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