#40BCD1#40BCD1

#40BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCD1
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -27.03, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 33.91, 217.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0944 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.11 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6013, 41.6563, 66.6842)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCD1 #D15540

analogous

#40D19D #40BCD1 #4073D1

triadic

#40BCD1 #D140BC #BCD140

tetradic

#40BCD1 #9D40D1 #D15540 #73D140

square

#40BCD1 #9D40D1 #D15540 #73D140

split-complementary

#40BCD1 #D14073 #D19D40

monochromatic

#1D6C79 #2998AB #40BCD1 #71CDDD #A3DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#40BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCD1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCD1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0df',
    500: '#40bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcd1;
$custom-light: #88d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCD1

secondary

#D5A097

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCD1

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

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