#40B7BD#40B7BD

#40B7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B7BD
RGB	rgb(64, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -30.54, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 33.10, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0976 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2291, 38.6279, 54.1024)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B7BD #BD4640

analogous

#40BD85 #40B7BD #4079BD

triadic

#40B7BD #BD40B7 #B7BD40

tetradic

#40B7BD #8540BD #BD4640 #79BD40

square

#40B7BD #8540BD #BD4640 #79BD40

split-complementary

#40B7BD #BD4079 #BD8540

monochromatic

#215E62 #318B8F #40B7BD #6DC9CD #9ADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40B7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#40B7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B7BD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B7BD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdd0',
    500: '#40b7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b7bd;
$custom-light: #85cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B7BD

secondary

#C99390

accent

#554FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B7BD

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

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