#40BCB1#40BCB1

#40BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB1
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -36.29, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 36.56, 186.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.108 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0297, 40.2276, 47.8739)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB1 #BC404B

analogous

#40BC73 #40BCB1 #4089BC

triadic

#40BCB1 #B140BC #BCB140

tetradic

#40BCB1 #7340BC #BC404B #89BC40

square

#40BCB1 #7340BC #BC404B #89BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB1 #BC4089 #BC7340

monochromatic

#21615B #308E86 #40BCB1 #6CCDC4 #9ADDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#40BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB1	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c8',
    500: '#40bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb1;
$custom-light: #85d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.677,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB1

secondary

#C98F94

accent

#4F5BD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB1

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

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