#40BFCD#40BFCD

#40BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFCD
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -29.71, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 34.31, 209.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.099 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.11 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7598, 42.7557, 64.3246)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFCD #CD4E40

analogous

#40CD94 #40BFCD #4079CD

triadic

#40BFCD #CD40BF #BFCD40

tetradic

#40BFCD #9440CD #CD4E40 #79CD40

square

#40BFCD #9440CD #CD4E40 #79CD40

split-complementary

#40BFCD #CD4079 #CD9440

monochromatic

#1E6C74 #2B99A5 #40BFCD #71CFDA #A1E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#40BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFCD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFCD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dc',
    500: '#40bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfcd;
$custom-light: #88d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFCD

secondary

#D39C96

accent

#5646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFCD

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

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