#40BCBA#40BCBA

#40BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBA
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -33.79, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.97, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.104 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9565, 40.5983, 52.7550)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBA #BC4042

analogous

#40BC7C #40BCBA #4080BC

triadic

#40BCBA #BA40BC #BCBA40

tetradic

#40BCBA #7C40BC #BC4042 #80BC40

square

#40BCBA #7C40BC #BC4042 #80BC40

split-complementary

#40BCBA #BC4080 #BC7C40

monochromatic

#216160 #308E8D #40BCBA #6CCDCB #9ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0ce',
    500: '#40bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcba;
$custom-light: #85d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBA

secondary

#C98F90

accent

#4F51D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBA

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

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