#40BCD2#40BCD2

#40BCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCD2
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -26.73, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 33.97, 218.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.094 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.111 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7255, 41.7059, 67.3383)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCD2 #D25640

analogous

#40D29F #40BCD2 #4073D2

triadic

#40BCD2 #D240BC #BCD240

tetradic

#40BCD2 #9F40D2 #D25640 #73D240

square

#40BCD2 #9F40D2 #D25640 #73D240

split-complementary

#40BCD2 #D24073 #D29F40

monochromatic

#1D6D7B #2998AC #40BCD2 #72CDDE #A3DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#40BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCD2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCD2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0df',
    500: '#40bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcd2;
$custom-light: #88d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCD2

secondary

#D6A198

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCD2

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

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