#40B9BE#40B9BE

#40B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9BE
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -31.22, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 33.57, 201.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0992 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(28.7535, 39.5024, 54.8146)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9BE #BE4540

analogous

#40BE84 #40B9BE #407ABE

triadic

#40B9BE #BE40B9 #B9BE40

tetradic

#40B9BE #8440BE #BE4540 #7ABE40

square

#40B9BE #8440BE #BE4540 #7ABE40

split-complementary

#40B9BE #BE407A #BE8440

monochromatic

#216062 #318C90 #40B9BE #6DCACE #9BDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#40B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9BE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9BE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced1',
    500: '#40b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9be;
$custom-light: #85ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9BE

secondary

#C99390

accent

#544FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9BE

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

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