#40BBC6#40BBC6

#40BBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC6
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -29.84, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 33.61, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0979 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0733, 40.7044, 59.6869)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC6 #C64B40

analogous

#40C68E #40BBC6 #4078C6

triadic

#40BBC6 #C640BB #BBC640

tetradic

#40BBC6 #8E40C6 #C64B40 #78C640

square

#40BBC6 #8E40C6 #C64B40 #78C640

split-complementary

#40BBC6 #C64078 #C68E40

monochromatic

#20656C #2E929B #40BBC6 #6FCCD4 #9EDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#40BBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d7',
    500: '#40bbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc6;
$custom-light: #86d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC6

secondary

#CE9893

accent

#564ADD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC6

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

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