Colour

#40BDBC

#40BDBC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#40BDBC is a cyan with RGB values 64, 189, 188 and HSL 180°, 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

#40BDBC#40BDBC

HEX#40BDBC

RGBrgb(64, 189, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.7412, 0.7373

RGB percentages25.1%, 74.1%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(179.5, 49.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.5, 66.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK66.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,242,876

CSS custom property--colour: #40BDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1

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

Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#BF4243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1B4BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA6BDno 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 7.9 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 text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD4041

Analogous#40BD7D, #4080BD

Triadic#BC40BD, #BDBC40

Split complementary#BD4080, #BD7D40

Tetradic#7E40BD, #BD4041, #80BD40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7F2F1

Lighter +30%#B1E5E4

Lighter +20%#8BD8D7

Lighter +10%#65CBCA

Darker −10%#339796

Darker −20%#267170

Darker −30%#194B4A

Darker −40%#0C2524

More saturated +25%#20DDDB

Less saturated −25%#609D9D

Channel breakdown

R64

G189

B188

Red64 (25.1%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue179.52°

Saturation (HSL)49.41%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G BD · B BC

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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