#40B1BE#40B1BE

#40B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B1BE
RGB	rgb(64, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -27.31, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 31.64, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.091 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.101 206)
XYZ	xyz(27.1268, 36.2490, 54.2723)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B1BE #BE4D40

analogous

#40BE8C #40B1BE #4072BE

triadic

#40B1BE #BE40B1 #B1BE40

tetradic

#40B1BE #8C40BE #BE4D40 #72BE40

square

#40B1BE #8C40BE #BE4D40 #72BE40

split-complementary

#40B1BE #BE4072 #BE8C40

monochromatic

#215C62 #318690 #40B1BE #6DC4CE #9BD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#40B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B1BE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B1BE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8d1',
    500: '#40b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b1be;
$custom-light: #85c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.36252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B1BE

secondary

#C99690

accent

#5D4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B1BE

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

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