#40BCCC#40BCCC

#40BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCCC
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -28.55, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 33.75, 212.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0964 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.109 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9920, 41.4125, 63.4751)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCCC #CC5040

analogous

#40CC96 #40BCCC #4076CC

triadic

#40BCCC #CC40BC #BCCC40

tetradic

#40BCCC #9640CC #CC5040 #76CC40

square

#40BCCC #9640CC #CC5040 #76CC40

split-complementary

#40BCCC #CC4076 #CC9640

monochromatic

#1F6973 #2C96A3 #40BCCC #70CDD9 #A1DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#40BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCCC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCCC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0db',
    500: '#40bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bccc;
$custom-light: #87d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73435,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCCC

secondary

#D29C95

accent

#5847E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCCC

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

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