#40BCBD#40BCBD

#40BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBD
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -32.94, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.57, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1027 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2788, 40.7272, 54.4523)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBD #BD4140

analogous

#40BD80 #40BCBD #407EBD

triadic

#40BCBD #BD40BC #BCBD40

tetradic

#40BCBD #8040BD #BD4140 #7EBD40

square

#40BCBD #8040BD #BD4140 #7EBD40

split-complementary

#40BCBD #BD407E #BD8040

monochromatic

#216162 #318F8F #40BCBD #6DCDCD #9ADCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#40BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBD

secondary

#C99090

accent

#504FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBD

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

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