#40BCB5#40BCB5

#40BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB5
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -35.19, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 35.78, 190.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1062 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.108 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4343, 40.3894, 50.0045)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB5 #BC4047

analogous

#40BC77 #40BCB5 #4085BC

triadic

#40BCB5 #B540BC #BCB540

tetradic

#40BCB5 #7740BC #BC4047 #85BC40

square

#40BCB5 #7740BC #BC4047 #85BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB5 #BC4085 #BC7740

monochromatic

#21615D #308E89 #40BCB5 #6CCDC8 #9ADDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0cb',
    500: '#40bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb5;
$custom-light: #85d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB5

secondary

#C98F93

accent

#4F57D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB5

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

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