#40BFCF#40BFCF

#40BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFCF
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -29.12, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 34.30, 211.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0982 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.11 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0028, 42.8529, 65.6042)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFCF #CF5040

analogous

#40CF97 #40BFCF #4077CF

triadic

#40BFCF #CF40BF #BFCF40

tetradic

#40BFCF #9740CF #CF5040 #77CF40

square

#40BFCF #9740CF #CF5040 #77CF40

split-complementary

#40BFCF #CF4077 #CF9740

monochromatic

#1E6D77 #2A9AA8 #40BFCF #71CFDB #A2E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#40BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFCF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFCF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#40bfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfcf;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFCF

secondary

#D49D97

accent

#5745E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFCF

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

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