#40BCC4#40BCC4

#40BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC4
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -30.92, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 33.94, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0997 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0570, 41.0385, 58.5510)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC4 #C44840

analogous

#40C48A #40BCC4 #407AC4

triadic

#40BCC4 #C440BC #BCC440

tetradic

#40BCC4 #8A40C4 #C44840 #7AC440

square

#40BCC4 #8A40C4 #C44840 #7AC440

split-complementary

#40BCC4 #C4407A #C48A40

monochromatic

#206569 #2F9298 #40BCC4 #6FCCD2 #9EDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#40BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d5',
    500: '#40bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc4;
$custom-light: #86d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC4

secondary

#CD9693

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC4

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

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