#40BCC5#40BCC5

#40BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC5
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -30.62, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 33.89, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0993 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1712, 41.0842, 59.1524)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC5 #C54940

analogous

#40C58B #40BCC5 #4079C5

triadic

#40BCC5 #C540BC #BCC540

tetradic

#40BCC5 #8B40C5 #C54940 #79C540

square

#40BCC5 #8B40C5 #C54940 #79C540

split-complementary

#40BCC5 #C54079 #C58B40

monochromatic

#20656A #2F9299 #40BCC5 #6FCCD3 #9EDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#40BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC5

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC5	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d6',
    500: '#40bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc5;
$custom-light: #86d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.06,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC5

secondary

#CE9793

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC5

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

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