#40BDB0#40BDB0

#40BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB0
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -37.02, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 37.19, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1095 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.11 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1448, 40.6166, 47.4224)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB0 #BD404D

analogous

#40BD72 #40BDB0 #408CBD

triadic

#40BDB0 #B040BD #BDB040

tetradic

#40BDB0 #7240BD #BD404D #8CBD40

square

#40BDB0 #7240BD #BD404D #8CBD40

split-complementary

#40BDB0 #BD408C #BD7240

monochromatic

#21625B #318F85 #40BDB0 #6DCDC3 #9ADDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB0	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)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c7',
    500: '#40bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb0;
$custom-light: #85d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB0

secondary

#C99096

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB0

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

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