#40BCB0#40BCB0

#40BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB0
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -36.56, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 36.77, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1085 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.109 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9304, 40.1879, 47.3509)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB0 #BC404C

analogous

#40BC72 #40BCB0 #408ABC

triadic

#40BCB0 #B040BC #BCB040

tetradic

#40BCB0 #7240BC #BC404C #8ABC40

square

#40BCB0 #7240BC #BC404C #8ABC40

split-complementary

#40BCB0 #BC408A #BC7240

monochromatic

#21615B #308E85 #40BCB0 #6CCDC4 #9ADDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#40BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB0	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c7',
    500: '#40bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb0;
$custom-light: #85d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB0

secondary

#C98F95

accent

#4F5CD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB0

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

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