#40BDA8#40BDA8

#40BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDA8
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -39.15, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 39.15, 179.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1132 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.113 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3765, 40.3093, 43.3759)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDA8 #BD4055

analogous

#40BD6A #40BDA8 #4094BD

triadic

#40BDA8 #A840BD #BDA840

tetradic

#40BDA8 #6A40BD #BD4055 #94BD40

square

#40BDA8 #6A40BD #BD4055 #94BD40

split-complementary

#40BDA8 #BD4094 #BD6A40

monochromatic

#216257 #318F7F #40BDA8 #6DCDBD #9ADDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#40BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDA8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDA8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c1',
    500: '#40bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bda8;
$custom-light: #84d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDA8

secondary

#C99099

accent

#4F66D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDA8

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

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