#40BDAB#40BDAB

#40BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAB
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -38.36, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 38.37, 181.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1118 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.112 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6592, 40.4224, 44.8648)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAB #BD4052

analogous

#40BD6D #40BDAB #4091BD

triadic

#40BDAB #AB40BD #BDAB40

tetradic

#40BDAB #6D40BD #BD4052 #91BD40

square

#40BDAB #6D40BD #BD4052 #91BD40

split-complementary

#40BDAB #BD4091 #BD6D40

monochromatic

#216258 #318F82 #40BDAB #6DCDC0 #9ADDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAB	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)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 181.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.36,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAB

secondary

#C99098

accent

#4F63D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAB

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

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