Colour

#40BABE

#40BABE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#40BABE is a cyan with RGB values 64, 186, 190 and HSL 182°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#40BABE#40BABE

HEX#40BABE

RGBrgb(64, 186, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.7294, 0.7451

RGB percentages25.1%, 72.9%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(181.9, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK66.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,242,110

CSS custom property--colour: #40BABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#BF4541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADB2BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9AA4BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5 Turquoise · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BE4440

Analogous#40BE83, #407BBE

Triadic#BE40BA, #BABE40

Split complementary#BE407B, #BE8340

Tetradic#8340BE, #BE4440, #7BBE40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D8F1F2

Lighter +30%#B2E3E5

Lighter +20%#8CD6D8

Lighter +10%#66C8CB

Darker −10%#339598

Darker −20%#266F72

Darker −30%#194A4C

Darker −40%#0D2525

More saturated +25%#20D8DE

Less saturated −25%#609C9E

Channel breakdown

R64

G186

B190

Red64 (25.1%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue181.9°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G BA · B BE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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