Colour

#40BDBB

#40BDBB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#40BDBB is a cyan with RGB values 64, 189, 187 and HSL 179°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#40BDBB#40BDBB

HEX#40BDBB

RGBrgb(64, 189, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.7412, 0.7333

RGB percentages25.1%, 74.1%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(179, 49.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179, 66.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK66.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,242,875

CSS custom property--colour: #40BDBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#BF4244

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1B4BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00C3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 17 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD4042

Analogous#40BD7C, #4081BD

Triadic#BB40BD, #BDBB40

Split complementary#BD4081, #BD7C40

Tetradic#7C40BD, #BD4042, #81BD40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7F2F1

Lighter +30%#B1E5E4

Lighter +20%#8BD8D7

Lighter +10%#65CBC9

Darker −10%#339795

Darker −20%#267170

Darker −30%#194B4A

Darker −40%#0C2524

More saturated +25%#20DDDA

Less saturated −25%#609D9C

Channel breakdown

R64

G189

B187

Red64 (25.1%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue179.04°

Saturation (HSL)49.41%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G BD · B BB

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Channel breakdown

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