#40BDAD#40BDAD

#40BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAD
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -37.83, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 37.88, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1109 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.111 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8512, 40.4992, 45.8764)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAD #BD4050

analogous

#40BD6F #40BDAD #408FBD

triadic

#40BDAD #AD40BD #BDAD40

tetradic

#40BDAD #6F40BD #BD4050 #8FBD40

square

#40BDAD #6F40BD #BD4050 #8FBD40

split-complementary

#40BDAD #BD408F #BD6F40

monochromatic

#216259 #318F83 #40BDAD #6DCDC1 #9ADDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#40BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c5',
    500: '#40bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdad;
$custom-light: #85d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAD

secondary

#C99097

accent

#4F61D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAD

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

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