#40B9CD#40B9CD

#40B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9CD
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -26.76, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 33.32, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.093 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.108 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4781, 40.1922, 63.8974)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9CD #CD5440

analogous

#40CD9B #40B9CD #4072CD

triadic

#40B9CD #CD40B9 #B9CD40

tetradic

#40B9CD #9B40CD #CD5440 #72CD40

square

#40B9CD #9B40CD #CD5440 #72CD40

split-complementary

#40B9CD #CD4072 #CD9B40

monochromatic

#1E6874 #2B93A5 #40B9CD #71CBDA #A1DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#40B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9CD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9CD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cedc',
    500: '#40b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9cd;
$custom-light: #87cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9CD

secondary

#D39F96

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9CD

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

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