#40BBCE#40BBCE

#40BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BBCE
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -27.45, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 33.64, 215.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0946 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.109 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0205, 41.0833, 64.6756)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BBCE #CE5340

analogous

#40CE9A #40BBCE #4074CE

triadic

#40BBCE #CE40BB #BBCE40

tetradic

#40BBCE #9A40CE #CE5340 #74CE40

square

#40BBCE #9A40CE #CE5340 #74CE40

split-complementary

#40BBCE #CE4074 #CE9A40

monochromatic

#1E6A75 #2B96A6 #40BBCE #71CCDA #A1DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#40BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BBCE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BBCE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfdd',
    500: '#40bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bbce;
$custom-light: #87cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BBCE

secondary

#D49E96

accent

#5A45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BBCE

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

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