#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
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -29.41, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 34.30, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0986 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.11 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8809, 42.8042, 64.9624)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40BFCE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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