#40BDAF#40BDAF

#40BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDAF
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -37.29, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 37.41, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.11 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.11 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0462, 40.5772, 46.9032)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDAF #BD404E

analogous

#40BD71 #40BDAF #408DBD

triadic

#40BDAF #AF40BD #BDAF40

tetradic

#40BDAF #7140BD #BD404E #8DBD40

square

#40BDAF #7140BD #BD404E #8DBD40

split-complementary

#40BDAF #BD408D #BD7140

monochromatic

#21625A #318F85 #40BDAF #6DCDC3 #9ADDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDAF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDAF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 184.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDAF

secondary

#C99096

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDAF

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

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