#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
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -27.94, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 33.79, 214.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0956 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2334, 41.5091, 64.7465)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40BCCE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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