#40B2BD#40B2BD

#40B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.101 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2BD
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -28.10, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 31.86, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0925 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.101 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2161, 36.6019, 53.7648)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2BD #BD4B40

analogous

#40BD8A #40B2BD #4074BD

triadic

#40B2BD #BD40B2 #B2BD40

tetradic

#40B2BD #8A40BD #BD4B40 #74BD40

square

#40B2BD #8A40BD #BD4B40 #74BD40

split-complementary

#40B2BD #BD4074 #BD8A40

monochromatic

#215C62 #31878F #40B2BD #6DC5CD #9AD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#40B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#40B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2BD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2BD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.101 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d0',
    500: '#40b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2bd;
$custom-light: #85c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2BD

secondary

#C99590

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2BD

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

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