#40BCD3#40BCD3

#40BCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCD3
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -26.42, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 34.04, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0936 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.111 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8505, 41.7559, 67.9965)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCD3 #D35740

analogous

#40D3A1 #40BCD3 #4073D3

triadic

#40BCD3 #D340BC #BCD340

tetradic

#40BCD3 #A140D3 #D35740 #73D340

square

#40BCD3 #A140D3 #D35740 #73D340

split-complementary

#40BCD3 #D34073 #D3A140

monochromatic

#1D6D7C #2899AE #40BCD3 #72CDDE #A3DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#40BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCD3

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCD3	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0e0',
    500: '#40bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcd3;
$custom-light: #88d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCD3

secondary

#D7A298

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCD3

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

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