#40BCC1#40BCC1

#40BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC1
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -31.79, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 34.16, 201.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.101 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.107 199)
XYZ	xyz(29.7190, 40.9033, 56.7706)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC1 #C14540

analogous

#40C186 #40BCC1 #407BC1

triadic

#40BCC1 #C140BC #BCC140

tetradic

#40BCC1 #8640C1 #C14540 #7BC140

square

#40BCC1 #8640C1 #C14540 #7BC140

split-complementary

#40BCC1 #C1407B #C18640

monochromatic

#216366 #309094 #40BCC1 #6ECCD0 #9CDCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#40BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC1	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d3',
    500: '#40bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc1;
$custom-light: #86d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC1

secondary

#CB9492

accent

#534DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC1

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

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