#40B4BE#40B4BE

#40B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B4BE
RGB	rgb(64, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -28.79, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 32.29, 206.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0941 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7259, 37.4471, 54.4720)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B4BE #BE4A40

analogous

#40BE89 #40B4BE #4075BE

triadic

#40B4BE #BE40B4 #B4BE40

tetradic

#40B4BE #8940BE #BE4A40 #75BE40

square

#40B4BE #8940BE #BE4A40 #75BE40

split-complementary

#40B4BE #BE4075 #BE8940

monochromatic

#215D62 #318990 #40B4BE #6DC6CE #9BD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#40B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#40B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B4BE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B4BE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd1',
    500: '#40b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b4be;
$custom-light: #85cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B4BE

secondary

#C99590

accent

#5A4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B4BE

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

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