#40BCD4#40BCD4

#40BCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCD4
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -26.12, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 34.12, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0932 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.111 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9762, 41.8062, 68.6588)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCD4 #D45840

analogous

#40D4A2 #40BCD4 #4072D4

triadic

#40BCD4 #D440BC #BCD440

tetradic

#40BCD4 #A240D4 #D45840 #72D440

square

#40BCD4 #A240D4 #D45840 #72D440

split-complementary

#40BCD4 #D44072 #D4A240

monochromatic

#1C6E7D #2799AF #40BCD4 #72CEDF #A4DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#40BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCD4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCD4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0e1',
    500: '#40bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcd4;
$custom-light: #88d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73745,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCD4

secondary

#D7A398

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCD4

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

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