#40B2BE#40B2BE

#40B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2BE
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -27.80, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 31.84, 209.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.092 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.102 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3250, 36.6454, 54.3384)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2BE #BE4C40

analogous

#40BE8B #40B2BE #4073BE

triadic

#40B2BE #BE40B2 #B2BE40

tetradic

#40B2BE #8B40BE #BE4C40 #73BE40

square

#40B2BE #8B40BE #BE4C40 #73BE40

split-complementary

#40B2BE #BE4073 #BE8B40

monochromatic

#215C62 #318790 #40B2BE #6DC5CE #9BD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#40B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#40B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2BE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2BE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d1',
    500: '#40b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2be;
$custom-light: #85c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2BE

secondary

#C99690

accent

#5C4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2BE

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

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