#40BCCE#40BCCE

#40BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40BCCE
RGBrgb(64, 188, 206)
HSLhsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(188, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.53, -27.94, -18.99)
CIE-LCHlch(70.53, 33.79, 214.20°)
OKLaboklab(73.51% -0.0956 -0.0528)
OKLCHoklch(73.51% 0.109 208.9)
XYZxyz(31.2334, 41.5091, 64.7465)
Luminance0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40BCCE #CE5240
analogous
#40CE99 #40BCCE #4075CE
triadic
#40BCCE #CE40BC #BCCE40
tetradic
#40BCCE #9940CE #CE5240 #75CE40
square
#40BCCE #9940CE #CE5240 #75CE40
split-complementary
#40BCCE #CE4075 #CE9940
monochromatic
#1E6A75 #2B97A6 #40BCCE #71CDDA #A1DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#40BCCE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30
#40BCCE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCCE
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40BCCE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40BCCE1.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB5CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A6CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 208.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0dd',
    500: '#40bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40bcce;
$custom-light: #87d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40BCCE
secondary
#D49E96
accent
#5945E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCCE

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#40BCCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva