#40BDA4#40BDA4

#40BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDA4
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -40.18, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 40.26, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.115 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.115 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0095, 40.1625, 41.4435)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDA4 #BD4059

analogous

#40BD66 #40BDA4 #4098BD

triadic

#40BDA4 #A440BD #BDA440

tetradic

#40BDA4 #6640BD #BD4059 #98BD40

square

#40BDA4 #6640BD #BD4059 #98BD40

split-complementary

#40BDA4 #BD4098 #BD6640

monochromatic

#216255 #318F7C #40BDA4 #6DCDBA #9ADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#40BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDA4

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDA4	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1be',
    500: '#40bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bda4;
$custom-light: #84d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDA4

secondary

#C9909B

accent

#4F6AD9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDA4

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

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