#40BDAE#40BDAE

#40BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAE
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -37.56, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 37.64, 183.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1104 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.111 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9484, 40.5381, 46.3879)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAE #BD404F

analogous

#40BD70 #40BDAE #408EBD

triadic

#40BDAE #AE40BD #BDAE40

tetradic

#40BDAE #7040BD #BD404F #8EBD40

square

#40BDAE #7040BD #BD404F #8EBD40

split-complementary

#40BDAE #BD408E #BD7040

monochromatic

#21625A #318F84 #40BDAE #6DCDC2 #9ADDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#40BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c6',
    500: '#40bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdae;
$custom-light: #85d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAE

secondary

#C99097

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAE

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

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