#40BFCE#40BFCE

#40BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40BFCE
RGBrgb(64, 191, 206)
HSLhsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.42, -29.41, -17.64)
CIE-LCHlch(71.42, 34.30, 210.95°)
OKLaboklab(74.23% -0.0986 -0.049)
OKLCHoklch(74.23% 0.11 206.4)
XYZxyz(31.8809, 42.8042, 64.9624)
Luminance0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40BFCE #CE4F40
analogous
#40CE96 #40BFCE #4078CE
triadic
#40BFCE #CE40BF #BFCE40
tetradic
#40BFCE #9640CE #CE4F40 #78CE40
square
#40BFCE #9640CE #CE4F40 #78CE40
split-complementary
#40BFCE #CE4078 #CE9640
monochromatic
#1E6C75 #2B99A6 #40BFCE #71CFDA #A1E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#40BFCE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#40BFCE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFCE
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40BFCE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40BFCE1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFB8CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA8CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 206.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#40bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40bfce;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40BFCE
secondary
#D49D96
accent
#5645E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFCE

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#40BFCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva