#40BCB2#40BCB2

#40BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB2
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -36.02, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 36.36, 187.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1076 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.108 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1298, 40.2676, 48.4008)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB2 #BC404A

analogous

#40BC74 #40BCB2 #4088BC

triadic

#40BCB2 #B240BC #BCB240

tetradic

#40BCB2 #7440BC #BC404A #88BC40

square

#40BCB2 #7440BC #BC404A #88BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB2 #BC4088 #BC7440

monochromatic

#21615C #308E87 #40BCB2 #6CCDC5 #9ADDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#40BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB2	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)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0c9',
    500: '#40bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb2;
$custom-light: #85d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB2

secondary

#C98F94

accent

#4F5AD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →