#40ACBD#40ACBD

#40ACBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACBD
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -25.11, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 30.75, 215.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0863 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.099 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0483, 34.2663, 53.3755)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACBD #BD5140

analogous

#40BD90 #40ACBD #406EBD

triadic

#40ACBD #BD40AC #ACBD40

tetradic

#40ACBD #9040BD #BD5140 #6EBD40

square

#40ACBD #9040BD #BD5140 #6EBD40

split-complementary

#40ACBD #BD406E #BD9040

monochromatic

#215962 #31828F #40ACBD #6DC0CD #9AD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#40ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACBD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACBD	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5d0',
    500: '#40acbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acbd;
$custom-light: #84c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACBD

secondary

#C99890

accent

#624FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACBD

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

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