#40BCBC#40BCBC

#40BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBC
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -33.23, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.70, 196.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1032 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.107 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1706, 40.6840, 53.8826)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBC #BC4040

analogous

#40BC7E #40BCBC #407EBC

triadic

#40BCBC #BC40BC #BCBC40

tetradic

#40BCBC #7E40BC #BC4040 #7EBC40

square

#40BCBC #7E40BC #BC4040 #7EBC40

split-complementary

#40BCBC #BC407E #BC7E40

monochromatic

#216161 #308E8E #40BCBC #6CCDCD #9ADDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#40BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d0',
    500: '#40bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcbc;
$custom-light: #86d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBC

secondary

#C98F8F

accent

#4F4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBC

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

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