#40B9CE#40B9CE

#40B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B9CE
RGB	rgb(64, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -26.46, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 33.37, 217.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0926 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.109 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5992, 40.2407, 64.5351)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B9CE #CE5540

analogous

#40CE9C #40B9CE #4072CE

triadic

#40B9CE #CE40B9 #B9CE40

tetradic

#40B9CE #9C40CE #CE5540 #72CE40

square

#40B9CE #9C40CE #CE5540 #72CE40

split-complementary

#40B9CE #CE4072 #CE9C40

monochromatic

#1E6975 #2B94A6 #40B9CE #71CBDA #A1DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#40B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B9CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B9CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cedd',
    500: '#40b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b9ce;
$custom-light: #87cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B9CE

secondary

#D49F96

accent

#5D45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B9CE

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

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