#40BBC4#40BBC4

#40BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC4
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -30.43, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 33.69, 205.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0987 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8441, 40.6128, 58.4800)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC4 #C44940

analogous

#40C48B #40BBC4 #4079C4

triadic

#40BBC4 #C440BB #BBC440

tetradic

#40BBC4 #8B40C4 #C44940 #79C440

square

#40BBC4 #8B40C4 #C44940 #79C440

split-complementary

#40BBC4 #C44079 #C48B40

monochromatic

#206469 #2F9198 #40BBC4 #6FCCD2 #9EDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC4

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC4	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d5',
    500: '#40bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc4;
$custom-light: #86d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC4

secondary

#CD9793

accent

#554CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC4

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

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