#40BDA9#40BDA9

#40BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDA9
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -38.88, 0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 38.88, 179.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1127 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.113 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4700, 40.3467, 43.8684)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDA9 #BD4054

analogous

#40BD6B #40BDA9 #4093BD

triadic

#40BDA9 #A940BD #BDA940

tetradic

#40BDA9 #6B40BD #BD4054 #93BD40

square

#40BDA9 #6B40BD #BD4054 #93BD40

split-complementary

#40BDA9 #BD4093 #BD6B40

monochromatic

#216257 #318F80 #40BDA9 #6DCDBE #9ADDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#40BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDA9

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDA9	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c2',
    500: '#40bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bda9;
$custom-light: #84d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7248,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDA9

secondary

#C99099

accent

#4F65D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDA9

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

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