#40BDAC#40BDAC

#40BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAC
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -38.09, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 38.12, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1113 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.111 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7548, 40.4606, 45.3687)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAC #BD4051

analogous

#40BD6E #40BDAC #4090BD

triadic

#40BDAC #AC40BD #BDAC40

tetradic

#40BDAC #6E40BD #BD4051 #90BD40

square

#40BDAC #6E40BD #BD4051 #90BD40

split-complementary

#40BDAC #BD4090 #BD6E40

monochromatic

#216259 #318F82 #40BDAC #6DCDC0 #9ADDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#40BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c4',
    500: '#40bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdac;
$custom-light: #85d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAC

secondary

#C99098

accent

#4F62D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAC

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

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