#40B3BE#40B3BE

#40B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B3BE
RGB	rgb(64, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -28.30, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 32.06, 208.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0931 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5247, 37.0448, 54.4050)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B3BE #BE4B40

analogous

#40BE8A #40B3BE #4074BE

triadic

#40B3BE #BE40B3 #B3BE40

tetradic

#40B3BE #8A40BE #BE4B40 #74BE40

square

#40B3BE #8A40BE #BE4B40 #74BE40

split-complementary

#40B3BE #BE4074 #BE8A40

monochromatic

#215D62 #318890 #40B3BE #6DC5CE #9BD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#40B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B3BE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B3BE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cad1',
    500: '#40b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b3be;
$custom-light: #85cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B3BE

secondary

#C99590

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B3BE

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

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