#40BBC8#40BBC8

#40BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC8
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -29.25, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 33.56, 209.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.097 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.107 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3055, 40.7973, 60.9099)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC8 #C84D40

analogous

#40C891 #40BBC8 #4077C8

triadic

#40BBC8 #C840BB #BBC840

tetradic

#40BBC8 #9140C8 #C84D40 #77C840

square

#40BBC8 #9140C8 #C84D40 #77C840

split-complementary

#40BBC8 #C84077 #C89140

monochromatic

#20666E #2D939D #40BBC8 #70CCD6 #9FDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#40BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d8',
    500: '#40bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc8;
$custom-light: #87d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC8

secondary

#D09A94

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC8

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

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