#40BD9D#40BD9D

#40BD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BD9D
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -41.94, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 42.39, 171.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1183 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.119 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3947, 39.9166, 38.2054)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BD9D #BD4060

analogous

#40BD5F #40BD9D #409FBD

triadic

#40BD9D #9D40BD #BD9D40

tetradic

#40BD9D #5F40BD #BD4060 #9FBD40

square

#40BD9D #5F40BD #BD4060 #9FBD40

split-complementary

#40BD9D #BD409F #BD5F40

monochromatic

#216251 #318F77 #40BD9D #6DCDB5 #9ADDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#40BD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BD9D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BD9D	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)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b9',
    500: '#40bd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bd9d;
$custom-light: #84d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.64,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BD9D

secondary

#C9909E

accent

#4F72D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BD9D

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

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