#40BCD0#40BCD0

#40BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCD0
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -27.34, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 33.86, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0948 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.11 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4779, 41.6069, 66.0342)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCD0 #D05440

analogous

#40D09C #40BCD0 #4074D0

triadic

#40BCD0 #D040BC #BCD040

tetradic

#40BCD0 #9C40D0 #D05440 #74D040

square

#40BCD0 #9C40D0 #D05440 #74D040

split-complementary

#40BCD0 #D04074 #D09C40

monochromatic

#1E6B78 #2A97A9 #40BCD0 #71CDDC #A2DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#40BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCD0

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCD0	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0de',
    500: '#40bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcd0;
$custom-light: #88d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCD0

secondary

#D5A097

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCD0

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

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