#40BBC9#40BBC9

#40BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBC9
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -28.95, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.55, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0966 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.107 206)
XYZ	xyz(30.4227, 40.8442, 61.5274)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBC9 #C94E40

analogous

#40C992 #40BBC9 #4077C9

triadic

#40BBC9 #C940BB #BBC940

tetradic

#40BBC9 #9240C9 #C94E40 #77C940

square

#40BBC9 #9240C9 #C94E40 #77C940

split-complementary

#40BBC9 #C94077 #C99240

monochromatic

#1F676F #2D939F #40BBC9 #70CCD6 #9FDDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#40BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBC9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBC9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d9',
    500: '#40bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbc9;
$custom-light: #87d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBC9

secondary

#D09B94

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBC9

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

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