#40B2BF#40B2BF

#40B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2BF
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -27.51, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 31.83, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0916 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.102 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4347, 36.6893, 54.9160)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2BF #BF4D40

analogous

#40BF8D #40B2BF #4072BF

triadic

#40B2BF #BF40B2 #B2BF40

tetradic

#40B2BF #8D40BF #BF4D40 #72BF40

square

#40B2BF #8D40BF #BF4D40 #72BF40

split-complementary

#40B2BF #BF4072 #BF8D40

monochromatic

#215D63 #318791 #40B2BF #6EC4CE #9CD7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#40B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#40B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2BF

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2BF	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d2',
    500: '#40b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2bf;
$custom-light: #85c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2BF

secondary

#CA9791

accent

#5D4ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2BF

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

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