#40BBC5#40BBC5

#40BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC5
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -30.14, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 33.65, 206.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0983 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9583, 40.6585, 59.0815)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC5 #C54A40

analogous

#40C58C #40BBC5 #4078C5

triadic

#40BBC5 #C540BB #BBC540

tetradic

#40BBC5 #8C40C5 #C54A40 #78C540

square

#40BBC5 #8C40C5 #C54A40 #78C540

split-complementary

#40BBC5 #C54078 #C58C40

monochromatic

#20656A #2F9199 #40BBC5 #6FCCD3 #9EDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#40BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC5	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d6',
    500: '#40bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc5;
$custom-light: #86d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC5

secondary

#CE9793

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC5

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

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