#40BCC0#40BCC0

#40BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC0
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -32.08, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 34.25, 200.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1014 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6078, 40.8589, 56.1851)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC0 #C04440

analogous

#40C084 #40BCC0 #407CC0

triadic

#40BCC0 #C040BC #BCC040

tetradic

#40BCC0 #8440C0 #C04440 #7CC040

square

#40BCC0 #8440C0 #C04440 #7CC040

split-complementary

#40BCC0 #C0407C #C08440

monochromatic

#216264 #308F92 #40BCC0 #6ECCCF #9CDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#40BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC0

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC0	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d3',
    500: '#40bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc0;
$custom-light: #86d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC0

secondary

#CB9391

accent

#524EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC0

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

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