#40BD9C#40BD9C

#40BD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BD9C
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -42.18, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 42.71, 170.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1187 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.12 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3097, 39.8826, 37.7576)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BD9C #BD4061

analogous

#40BD5E #40BD9C #40A0BD

triadic

#40BD9C #9C40BD #BD9C40

tetradic

#40BD9C #5E40BD #BD4061 #A0BD40

square

#40BD9C #5E40BD #BD4061 #A0BD40

split-complementary

#40BD9C #BD40A0 #BD5E40

monochromatic

#216251 #318F76 #40BD9C #6DCDB4 #9ADDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#40BD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BD9C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BD9C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b9',
    500: '#40bd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bd9c;
$custom-light: #84d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BD9C

secondary

#C9909F

accent

#4F73D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BD9C

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

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