#40BFD0#40BFD0

#40BFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFD0
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -28.82, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 34.32, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0978 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.111 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1254, 42.9020, 66.2501)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFD0 #D05140

analogous

#40D099 #40BFD0 #4077D0

triadic

#40BFD0 #D040BF #BFD040

tetradic

#40BFD0 #9940D0 #D05140 #77D040

square

#40BFD0 #9940D0 #D05140 #77D040

split-complementary

#40BFD0 #D04077 #D09940

monochromatic

#1E6D78 #2A9AA9 #40BFD0 #71CFDC #A2E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40BFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#40BFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFD0

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFD0	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2de',
    500: '#40bfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfd0;
$custom-light: #88d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFD0

secondary

#D59E97

accent

#5744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFD0

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

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