#40BCC7#40BCC7

#40BCC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC7
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -30.03, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 33.80, 207.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0985 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4019, 41.1765, 60.3674)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC7 #C74B40

analogous

#40C78F #40BCC7 #4079C7

triadic

#40BCC7 #C740BC #BCC740

tetradic

#40BCC7 #8F40C7 #C74B40 #79C740

square

#40BCC7 #8F40C7 #C74B40 #79C740

split-complementary

#40BCC7 #C74079 #C78F40

monochromatic

#20666D #2E939C #40BCC7 #6FCDD5 #9FDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#40BCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC7	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d8',
    500: '#40bcc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc7;
$custom-light: #87d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC7

secondary

#CF9994

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC7

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

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