#40B4BD#40B4BD

#40B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4BD
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -29.08, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 32.33, 205.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0945 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6169, 37.4035, 53.8984)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4BD #BD4940

analogous

#40BD88 #40B4BD #4076BD

triadic

#40B4BD #BD40B4 #B4BD40

tetradic

#40B4BD #8840BD #BD4940 #76BD40

square

#40B4BD #8840BD #BD4940 #76BD40

split-complementary

#40B4BD #BD4076 #BD8840

monochromatic

#215D62 #31888F #40B4BD #6DC7CD #9AD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#40B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4BD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4BD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd0',
    500: '#40b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4bd;
$custom-light: #85cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4BD

secondary

#C99490

accent

#594FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4BD

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

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