#40B9BD#40B9BD

#40B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9BD
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -31.51, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 33.66, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0997 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.105 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6446, 39.4588, 54.2409)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9BD #BD4440

analogous

#40BD83 #40B9BD #407BBD

triadic

#40B9BD #BD40B9 #B9BD40

tetradic

#40B9BD #8340BD #BD4440 #7BBD40

square

#40B9BD #8340BD #BD4440 #7BBD40

split-complementary

#40B9BD #BD407B #BD8340

monochromatic

#215F62 #318C8F #40B9BD #6DCACD #9ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#40B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9BD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9BD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced0',
    500: '#40b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9bd;
$custom-light: #85ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9BD

secondary

#C99290

accent

#534FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9BD

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

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