#40B8BD#40B8BD

#40B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B8BD
RGB	rgb(64, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -31.03, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 33.38, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0986 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4361, 39.0419, 54.1714)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B8BD #BD4540

analogous

#40BD84 #40B8BD #407ABD

triadic

#40B8BD #BD40B8 #B8BD40

tetradic

#40B8BD #8440BD #BD4540 #7ABD40

square

#40B8BD #8440BD #BD4540 #7ABD40

split-complementary

#40B8BD #BD407A #BD8440

monochromatic

#215F62 #318B8F #40B8BD #6DCACD #9ADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#40B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B8BD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B8BD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdd0',
    500: '#40b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b8bd;
$custom-light: #85cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B8BD

secondary

#C99290

accent

#544FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B8BD

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

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