#40BCB4#40BCB4

#40BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB4
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -35.47, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 35.97, 189.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1067 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.108 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3320, 40.3485, 49.4661)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB4 #BC4048

analogous

#40BC76 #40BCB4 #4086BC

triadic

#40BCB4 #B440BC #BCB440

tetradic

#40BCB4 #7640BC #BC4048 #86BC40

square

#40BCB4 #7640BC #BC4048 #86BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB4 #BC4086 #BC7640

monochromatic

#21615D #308E88 #40BCB4 #6CCDC7 #9ADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#40BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB4	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0ca',
    500: '#40bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb4;
$custom-light: #85d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB4

secondary

#C98F93

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB4

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

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