#40BCBF#40BCBF

#40BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCBF
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -32.37, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.35, 199.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1019 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4974, 40.8147, 55.6036)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCBF #BF4340

analogous

#40BF82 #40BCBF #407DBF

triadic

#40BCBF #BF40BC #BCBF40

tetradic

#40BCBF #8240BF #BF4340 #7DBF40

square

#40BCBF #8240BF #BF4340 #7DBF40

split-complementary

#40BCBF #BF407D #BF8240

monochromatic

#216263 #318F91 #40BCBF #6ECCCE #9CDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#40BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCBF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCBF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d2',
    500: '#40bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcbf;
$custom-light: #86d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.417,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCBF

secondary

#CA9291

accent

#524ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCBF

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

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