#40BCCD#40BCCD

#40BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCCD
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -28.24, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 33.76, 213.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.096 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.109 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1123, 41.4606, 64.1088)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCCD #CD5140

analogous

#40CD97 #40BCCD #4075CD

triadic

#40BCCD #CD40BC #BCCD40

tetradic

#40BCCD #9740CD #CD5140 #75CD40

square

#40BCCD #9740CD #CD5140 #75CD40

split-complementary

#40BCCD #CD4075 #CD9740

monochromatic

#1E6A74 #2B96A5 #40BCCD #71CDDA #A1DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#40BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCCD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCCD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0dc',
    500: '#40bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bccd;
$custom-light: #87d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCCD

secondary

#D39D96

accent

#5946E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCCD

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

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