#40BCBE#40BCBE

#40BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBE
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -32.65, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 34.46, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1023 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3877, 40.7708, 55.0260)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBE #BE4240

analogous

#40BE81 #40BCBE #407DBE

triadic

#40BCBE #BE40BC #BCBE40

tetradic

#40BCBE #8140BE #BE4240 #7DBE40

square

#40BCBE #8140BE #BE4240 #7DBE40

split-complementary

#40BCBE #BE407D #BE8140

monochromatic

#216162 #318F90 #40BCBE #6DCCCE #9BDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#40BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d1',
    500: '#40bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcbe;
$custom-light: #86d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBE

secondary

#C99190

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBE

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

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