#40BD9F#40BD9F

#40BD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BD9F
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -41.44, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 41.76, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1173 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.118 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5669, 39.9855, 39.1120)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BD9F #BD405E

analogous

#40BD61 #40BD9F #409DBD

triadic

#40BD9F #9F40BD #BD9F40

tetradic

#40BD9F #6140BD #BD405E #9DBD40

square

#40BD9F #6140BD #BD405E #9DBD40

split-complementary

#40BD9F #BD409D #BD6140

monochromatic

#216252 #318F79 #40BD9F #6DCDB6 #9ADDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#40BD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BD9F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BD9F	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bb',
    500: '#40bd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bd9f;
$custom-light: #84d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BD9F

secondary

#C9909E

accent

#4F70D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BD9F

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