#40BCBB#40BCBB

#40BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBB
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -33.51, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.83, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1036 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.107 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0632, 40.6410, 53.3169)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBB #BC4041

analogous

#40BC7D #40BCBB #407FBC

triadic

#40BCBB #BB40BC #BCBB40

tetradic

#40BCBB #7D40BC #BC4041 #7FBC40

square

#40BCBB #7D40BC #BC4041 #7FBC40

split-complementary

#40BCBB #BC407F #BC7D40

monochromatic

#216160 #308E8E #40BCBB #6CCDCC #9ADDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#40BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0cf',
    500: '#40bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcbb;
$custom-light: #86d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBB

secondary

#C98F90

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBB

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

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