#40BCC8#40BCC8

#40BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCC8
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -29.74, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 33.77, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0981 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.108 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5184, 41.2231, 60.9808)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCC8 #C84C40

analogous

#40C890 #40BCC8 #4078C8

triadic

#40BCC8 #C840BC #BCC840

tetradic

#40BCC8 #9040C8 #C84C40 #78C840

square

#40BCC8 #9040C8 #C84C40 #78C840

split-complementary

#40BCC8 #C84078 #C89040

monochromatic

#20676E #2D949D #40BCC8 #70CDD6 #9FDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#40BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCC8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCC8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d8',
    500: '#40bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcc8;
$custom-light: #87d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCC8

secondary

#D09994

accent

#5649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCC8

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

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