#40BBCD#40BBCD

#40BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBCD
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -27.75, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 33.60, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.095 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.109 209)
XYZ	xyz(30.8994, 41.0349, 64.0378)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBCD #CD5240

analogous

#40CD99 #40BBCD #4074CD

triadic

#40BBCD #CD40BB #BBCD40

tetradic

#40BBCD #9940CD #CD5240 #74CD40

square

#40BBCD #9940CD #CD5240 #74CD40

split-complementary

#40BBCD #CD4074 #CD9940

monochromatic

#1E6974 #2B95A5 #40BBCD #71CCDA #A1DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#40BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBCD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBCD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfdc',
    500: '#40bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbcd;
$custom-light: #87cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.41038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBCD

secondary

#D39E96

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBCD

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

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