#40BFC8#40BFC8

#40BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFC8
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -31.19, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 34.46, 205.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1011 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1659, 42.5182, 61.1967)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFC8 #C84940

analogous

#40C88D #40BFC8 #407BC8

triadic

#40BFC8 #C840BF #BFC840

tetradic

#40BFC8 #8D40C8 #C84940 #7BC840

square

#40BFC8 #8D40C8 #C84940 #7BC840

split-complementary

#40BFC8 #C8407B #C88D40

monochromatic

#20696E #2D969D #40BFC8 #70CFD6 #9FDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#40BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFC8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFC8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d8',
    500: '#40bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfc8;
$custom-light: #87d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFC8

secondary

#D09894

accent

#5349DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFC8

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

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