#40BDA6#40BDA6

#40BDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDA6
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -39.66, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 39.70, 177.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1141 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.114 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1916, 40.2353, 42.4021)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDA6 #BD4057

analogous

#40BD68 #40BDA6 #4096BD

triadic

#40BDA6 #A640BD #BDA640

tetradic

#40BDA6 #6840BD #BD4057 #96BD40

square

#40BDA6 #6840BD #BD4057 #96BD40

split-complementary

#40BDA6 #BD4096 #BD6840

monochromatic

#216256 #318F7E #40BDA6 #6DCDBC #9ADDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#40BDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDA6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDA6	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c0',
    500: '#40bda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bda6;
$custom-light: #84d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDA6

secondary

#C9909A

accent

#4F68D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDA6

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

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