#40BDA5#40BDA5

#40BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDA5
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -39.92, 2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 39.98, 176.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1145 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.115 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1002, 40.1988, 41.9209)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDA5 #BD4058

analogous

#40BD67 #40BDA5 #4097BD

triadic

#40BDA5 #A540BD #BDA540

tetradic

#40BDA5 #6740BD #BD4058 #97BD40

square

#40BDA5 #6740BD #BD4058 #97BD40

split-complementary

#40BDA5 #BD4097 #BD6740

monochromatic

#216255 #318F7D #40BDA5 #6DCDBB #9ADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#40BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDA5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDA5	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bf',
    500: '#40bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bda5;
$custom-light: #84d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDA5

secondary

#C9909B

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDA5

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

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