#40BBC3#40BBC3

#40BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC3
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -30.73, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 33.75, 204.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0991 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.106 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7307, 40.5674, 57.8826)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC3 #C34840

analogous

#40C389 #40BBC3 #4079C3

triadic

#40BBC3 #C340BB #BBC340

tetradic

#40BBC3 #8940C3 #C34840 #79C340

square

#40BBC3 #8940C3 #C34840 #79C340

split-complementary

#40BBC3 #C34079 #C38940

monochromatic

#216468 #2F9097 #40BBC3 #6FCCD2 #9DDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#40BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC3	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d5',
    500: '#40bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc3;
$custom-light: #86d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC3

secondary

#CC9692

accent

#554CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC3

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

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