#40BCB3#40BCB3

#40BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB3
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -35.74, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 36.16, 188.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1071 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.108 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2305, 40.3079, 48.9315)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB3 #BC4049

analogous

#40BC75 #40BCB3 #4087BC

triadic

#40BCB3 #B340BC #BCB340

tetradic

#40BCB3 #7540BC #BC4049 #87BC40

square

#40BCB3 #7540BC #BC4049 #87BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB3 #BC4087 #BC7540

monochromatic

#21615C #308E88 #40BCB3 #6CCDC6 #9ADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#40BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB3	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0c9',
    500: '#40bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb3;
$custom-light: #85d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB3

secondary

#C98F93

accent

#4F59D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB3

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

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