#40BCB7#40BCB7

#40BCB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB7
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -34.63, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 35.43, 192.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1054 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.107 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6409, 40.4721, 51.0930)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB7 #BC4045

analogous

#40BC79 #40BCB7 #4083BC

triadic

#40BCB7 #B740BC #BCB740

tetradic

#40BCB7 #7940BC #BC4045 #83BC40

square

#40BCB7 #7940BC #BC4045 #83BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB7 #BC4083 #BC7940

monochromatic

#21615E #308E8B #40BCB7 #6CCDC9 #9ADDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#40BCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB7

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB7	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0cc',
    500: '#40bcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb7;
$custom-light: #85d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB7

secondary

#C98F92

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB7

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

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