#40BDAA#40BDAA

#40BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAA
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -38.62, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 38.62, 180.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1122 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.112 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5642, 40.3844, 44.3647)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAA #BD4053

analogous

#40BD6C #40BDAA #4092BD

triadic

#40BDAA #AA40BD #BDAA40

tetradic

#40BDAA #6C40BD #BD4053 #92BD40

square

#40BDAA #6C40BD #BD4053 #92BD40

split-complementary

#40BDAA #BD4092 #BD6C40

monochromatic

#216258 #318F81 #40BDAA #6DCDBF #9ADDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c3',
    500: '#40bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdaa;
$custom-light: #84d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAA

secondary

#C99099

accent

#4F64D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAA

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

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